Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Alternative combination: Thamnastraea maeandra
Belongs to Thamnasteria according to E. Morycowa 1964
See also Sikharulidze 1985
Sister taxa: Thamnasteria abukumaensis, Thamnasteria andranomarivensis, Thamnasteria aspera, Thamnasteria bevoayensis, Thamnasteria bonanomii, Thamnasteria communis, Thamnasteria concinna, Thamnasteria concinnaformis, Thamnasteria constricta, Thamnasteria coquandi, Thamnasteria cotteaui, Thamnasteria defrancei, Thamnasteria dendroidea, Thamnasteria felixi, Thamnasteria globosa, Thamnasteria gracilis, Thamnasteria heterogenea, Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri, Thamnasteria huzimotoi, Thamnasteria imlayi, Thamnasteria iranensis, Thamnasteria jaccardi, Thamnasteria japonica, Thamnasteria jezoensis, Thamnasteria kobyi, Thamnasteria latistellata, Thamnasteria leptopetala, Thamnasteria lobata, Thamnasteria loryi, Thamnasteria mammosa, Thamnasteria matsushitai, Thamnasteria microconos, Thamnasteria minima, Thamnasteria miyakoensis, Thamnasteria moreana, Thamnasteria naumanni, Thamnasteria nicoleti, Thamnasteria ogawaensis, Thamnasteria patina, Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis, Thamnasteria racemosa, Thamnasteria rhaetica, Thamnasteria rumignyensis, Thamnasteria scita, Thamnasteria seriata, Thamnasteria settsassi, Thamnasteria sinuata, Thamnasteria sinuosa, Thamnasteria smithi, Thamnasteria suprajurensis, Thamnasteria tenuissima, Thamnasteria tokushimaensis, Thamnasteria tonantzinae, Thamnasteria torinosuensis, Thamnasteria yuraensis, Thamnastrea dumonti, Thamnastrea dumosa, Thamnastrea perroni, Thamnastrea portlandica, Centrastrea oculata, Centrastrea arborescens, Centrastrea bayardi, Centrastrea granulata, Centrastrea interrupta, Dactylocoenia digitata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Georgia (2 collections), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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