Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Full reference: H. Löser. 2012. Revision of the Amphiastraeidae from the Monti d'Ocre area (Scleractinia; early Cretaceous). Revista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia 118(3):461-469
Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to H. Löser 2012
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Hexamphiastrea guiscardii Hexamphiastrea minima Hexamphiastrea suprema
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greece (3 collections), Italy (3), Tanzania (1)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
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