Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Alternative spelling: Amphiastraeidae
Parent taxon: Pachythecaliina according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003
See also Eliasova 1975, Kiessling 2003 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Atelophyllia, Axosmiliidae, Gablonzeriidae, Pachycoeniidae, Volzeiidae, Volzeioidea, Zardinophyllidae
Subtaxa: Amphiastrea 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
Type: Amphiastrea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (3 collections), Bulgaria (9), China (6), France (5), Georgia (3), Germany (3), Greece (8), Iran (1), Italy (4), Jamaica (1), Japan (7), Mexico (6), Poland (2), Romania (2), Serbia (1), Spain (5), Switzerland (3), Tanzania (5), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), Japan (3), Poland (2)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (2), Chile (1), China (2), Czechia (10), Ethiopia (15), France (10), Georgia (4), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (3), India (8), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Italy (4), Jordan (2), Kenya (1), Madagascar (8), Morocco (2), Peru (1), Poland (11), Portugal (19), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (3), Slovenia (11), Somalia (5), Spain (4), Switzerland (2), Thailand (2), Tunisia (14), Turkmenistan (1), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of Italy (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 253 collections including 375 occurrences