Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Alternative spelling: Convexastraea
Parent taxon: Stylinidae according to N. S. Bendukidze 1949
See also Geyer 1955, Lauxmann 1991 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocoenia, Adelocoenia, Aplophyllia, Australoseris, Bilaterocoenia, Cyathophorinae, Eugyriopsis, Euheliinae, Goniocora, Proaplophyllia, Procyathophora, Pseudocoeniinae, Pseudocoeniopsis, Schizosmiliopsis, Sinaimeandra, Stylina, Stylininae, Stylohelia, Stylosmilia
Subtaxa: Convexastraea dendroidea Convexastraea ornata Convexastrea abadiensis Convexastrea portlandica Convexastrea weaveri
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Chile (1 collection)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (3)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Germany (2), Portugal (3)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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