Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to D. Huang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Adekoheastrea, Agathiphylliidae, Amphiastraeina, Anisocoenia, Annotocyathus, Anomopora, Antiguastrea, Antillophyllia, Apelismilia, Aplocyathus, Aplosmiliidae, Aquitanastraea, Archaeocoeniina, Archaeofungiina, Archaeolasmogyra, Archaeosmiliidae, Astraeoina, Astrocoeniina, Aulastraeoporidae, Bavarosmilia, Budiopsis, Calameastolia, Carantophyllum, Carcicocaenia, Caryophylliina, Caulastrea, Chorisastraea, Cladocora, Clausastraeopsis, Clonosmilia, Coelomeandra, Comoseriidae, Coscinaraeidae, Cyclastraeidae, Cyclindrocyathus, Cylindrosmilia, Cynaria, Cyphastrea, Decaheliocoenia, Dendrophylliina, Desmocoenia, Dichotomosmilia, Dictuophyllia, Diploastraeidae, Diplogyra, Diplothecangia, Distichophylliina, Ebocotrochus, Eburneotrochus, Echinopora, Eckastraeidae, Edwardsastraea, Edwardsomeandra, Epitrochus, Etalloniopsis, Euphylliidae, Eupsammidae, Eusmiliopsis, Fasciatiphyllia, Fasciseris, Faviina, Favites, Favitopsis, Felixaraeoidea, Fungiina, Fungophyllia, Furcophyllia, Gallitellia, Gardineroseris, Gombertiphyllia, Goniastrea, Haplareidae, Hedeliastraea, Heliostylina, Helladophyllia, Heterocoeniina, Houchangocyathus, Hydnophora, Isastraeidae, Isphyllastrea, Karatchastraea, Kobycoenia, Lamellomeandra, Lepiconus, Leptastreidae, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Lithodendron, Lobophylliidae, Lupitschia, Mareastraea, Meandriina, Merulina, Microsolenina, Miophora, Mioscapophyllia, Misistelloidea, Morchellastraea, Mycedium, Ondadiplocteniopsis, Oulastreidae, Oulophyllia, Pachyphylliidae, Pachysmilia, Pachythecaliina, Palaeophyllia, Palaeoseris, Palaeosmilia, Paracoryphyllia, Parastraeomorpha, Parastraeopora, Parepismiliidae, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Phylloseriopsis, Phyllosmilioidea, Platygyra, Plavecia, Plerogyridae, Plesiastreidae, Pleuropodia, Procladocora, Psammocyathus, Pyramisasteria, Reisocyathus, Reussiphyllia, Rhabdofavia, Rhipidogyrina, Rhopalophyllia, Saeptiphyllia, Sakalavastraeopsis, Saltastraea, Sclydolithus, Siderocoenia, Siliningastraea, Sinasteria, Siniastraea, Smilostyliidae, Solenocoeniidae, Streptocyathopsis, Streptocyathus, Stylinina, Stylophyllina, Substuoresia, Tarbellastraea, Thamnasteria cycloides, Thamnasteria komagataensis, Thamnasteria maxima, Thamnasteria protoserioides, Thamnasteria rikuzenica, Thamnasteriidae, Thamnasterites, Thamnastraea, Thecoseriopsis, Thecosmiliidae, Thigmastrea, Trachyphyllia, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Montastraea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Australia (9), the Bahamas (12), Barbados (16), Belize (5), Bermuda (1), Bonaire (3), Cayman Islands (23), Colombia (11), Costa Rica (63), Curaçao (14), Dominica (1), the Dominican Republic (6), French Polynesia (7), Guam (1), Haiti (2), India (2), Jamaica (7), Japan (5), Mexico (1), Montserrat (1), New Caledonia (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (17), Pitcairn (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Sudan (1), United States (12: Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (3), Virgin Islands (2), Virgin Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (7), Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (4), Costa Rica (11), Curaçao (3), the Dominican Republic (14), Haiti (1), Indonesia (3), Japan (3), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Curaçao (1), the Dominican Republic (10), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
• Miocene of Anguilla (8), Austria (1), the Bahamas (1), Colombia (14), Cuba (1), Curaçao (1), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (26), Egypt (7), Fiji (1), France (7), Grenada (2), Haiti (2), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (8), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Libya (1), Mexico (5), Panama (32), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Puerto Rico (2), Romania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (9), Türkiye (5), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Indonesia (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (8), the Dominican Republic (4), Greece (4), Iran (1), Italy (35), Jamaica (2), Libya (1), Mexico (3), Puerto Rico (3), Somalia (2), Spain (2), Türkiye (4), United States (3: Florida, Georgia, Texas), Venezuela (4)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of Austria (1), Croatia (2), France (1), Germany (2), Hungary (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), Jamaica (1), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Spain (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (3), Croatia (1), Cuba (1), Czechia (1), Georgia (2), Greece (4), India (1), Japan (2), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), United States (8: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 579 collections including 838 occurrences