Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative spelling: Paraclausastrea
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo et al. 2003
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltiinae, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Paraclausastrea chevalieri Paraclausastrea grandidentata Paraclausastrea kaufmanni Paraclausastrea pulchra Paraclausastrea valclusensis Paraclausastrea vorarlbergensis
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (4 collections), Bulgaria (1), France (3), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (2), Iran (2), Mexico (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences
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