Aulastraea macer Eliasova 1975 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1975. Sous-ordre Amphiastraeina Alloiteau, 1952 (Hexacorallia) des calcaires de Stramberk (Tithonien, Tchécoslovaquie). Casopis pro Mineralogii a Geologii 20(1):1-23

Belongs to Aulastraea according to H. Eliasova 1975

Sister taxa: Aulastraea schaeferi, Aulastraea touli, Aulastraea yilashanensis

Type specimen: Holotype HF 115. Its type locality is Stramberk reef, Czechia, which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Stramberk Limestone Formation of the Czech Republic.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection)

• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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