†family Misistellidae Eliasova 1976 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Misistellidae

Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1976. Familles Placosmiliidae Alloiteau, 1952 et Misistellidae nov. fam. (Hexacorallia) des calcaires de Stramberk (Tithonien, Tchecoslovaquie) [The families Placosmiliidae Alloiteau, 1952 and Misistellidae nov. fam. from the Stramberk Limestone (Tithonian, Czechoslovakia)]. Casopis pro Mineralogii a Geologii 21(4):337-347

Parent taxon: Faviina according to E. Roniewicz 2008

Sister taxa: Cladocoridae, Columastreidae, Diplocteniopsidae, Eugyridae, Faviicae, Heliastraeidae, Isastreidae, Mussidae, Oculinidae, Pamiroseriidae, Phyllocoeniidae, Placocoeniidae, Placosmiliidae, Stylophyllicae, Tropidastraeidae

Subtaxa: Lyubasha Misistella

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (6 collections), the Czech Republic (1), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (3), Indonesia (1)

Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences

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