Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative spelling: Complexastraea
Synonym: Complexastraeopsis Sikharulidze 1985
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002
See also Baron-Szabo 2016, Errenst 1990, Sepkoski 2002 and Sikharulidze 1985
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltiinae, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Complexastraea sobkoviensis Complexastrea burgundiae Complexastrea carpathica Complexastrea conybearei Complexastrea coronata Complexastrea cotteaui Complexastrea dabroviensis Complexastrea dobroljubovae Complexastrea hemisphaerica Complexastrea kachensis Complexastrea kobyi Complexastrea magna Complexastrea major Complexastrea multisepta Complexastrea ngariensis Complexastrea seriata Complexastrea thevenini Complexastrea zolleriana
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (5 collections), Bulgaria (2), China (2), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Spain (7), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Chile (2), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (19), Georgia (1), Germany (2), India (1), Iran (3), Morocco (1), Poland (10), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (3), Spain (1), Switzerland (2)
Total: 75 collections including 93 occurrences
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