†family Microsolenidae Koby 1890 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Parent taxon: Microsolenina according to D. K. Pandey et al. 2000

See also Baron-Szabo 1997, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Brachyphylliidae, Cunnolitidae, Ebrayia, Latomeandridae, Leptophylliidae, Negoporitidae

Subtaxa: Araiophyllum Chomatoseris Comoseris Dactylaraea Dendraraea Dermoseris Dimorpharaea Disaraea Eocomoseris Genabacia Hydnophoromeandraraea Kobya Litharaeopsis Microsolena Microsolenastraea Mycetaraea Semeloseris Tricycloseris Trocharea Trochoplegma

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Austria (8), Bulgaria (11), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (21), Georgia (8), Germany (6), Greece (8), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (8), Madagascar (1), Mexico (8), Poland (5), Portugal (1), Romania (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (15), Switzerland (3), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkmenistan (8), Ukraine (4), United States (12: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (4), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (3), Azerbaijan (6), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (3), Canada (2: Nova Scotia), Chile (1), China (2), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (6), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), France (107), Georgia (10), Germany (17), Greece (1), India (7), Indonesia (2), Iran (21), Israel (1), Italy (9), Japan (2), Jordan (4), Madagascar (1), Morocco (13), Myanmar (1), Poland (27), Portugal (39), Romania (12), the Russian Federation (6), Saudi Arabia (13), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (13), Spain (10), Switzerland (13), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (3), Tunisia (5), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (20), Uzbekistan (6)

• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (5), China (1), India (3), Iran (1), Italy (4), Mexico (1), Nepal (1), Peru (1), Slovenia (2), United States (13: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 590 collections including 1194 occurrences

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