Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Alternative spelling: Synastreidae
Parent taxon: Fungiina according to L. Beauvais 1986
See also Kiessling 2004, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Acrosmiliidae, Agariciicae, Andemantastraeidae, Astraeomorphidae, Astraraeidae, Dermosmiliidae, Felixaraeidae, Fungiacyathidae, Fungiicae, Funginellidae, Haplaraeidae, Kobyastraeidae, Microbaciidae, Pachyphyllidae, Poriticae, Procyclolitidae, Rhipidastraeidae, Siderastreidae
Subtaxa: Crateroseris Dimorphoseris Edwardsoseris Grandifavia Synastrea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Bulgaria (5), Croatia (1), Czechia (8), France (1), Georgia (3), Germany (4), Greece (5), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (3), Kenya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (3), Tunisia (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Bulgaria (1), Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), Portugal (4), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 68 collections including 82 occurrences