Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Alternative spelling: Amphiastraea
Synonym: Connectastrea Koby 1904
Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to H. Löser 2010
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Beauvais 1966, Kiessling 2003, Pandey and Fürsich 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Amphiastrea aethiopica Amphiastrea basaltiformis Amphiastrea cylindrica Amphiastrea fallax Amphiastrea gibberosa Amphiastrea gracilis Amphiastrea kamoensis Amphiastrea monosepta Amphiastrea paronai Amphiastrea piriformis Amphiastrea yabei Connectastrea grandiflora
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (2), France (1), Georgia (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Japan (5), Mexico (4), Poland (2), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (2), Tanzania (2), Ukraine (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (1), Poland (2)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (4), Ethiopia (4), France (2), Georgia (1), India (7), Iran (5), Italy (1), Kenya (1), Portugal (13), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (4), Somalia (5), Spain (2), Tunisia (14), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 95 collections including 108 occurrences
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