Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218
Parent taxon: Actinastraeidae according to L. Beauvais 1986
See also Fischer 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinastrea, Agrostyliastraea, Allocoenia, Araucanastrea, Chondrocoenia, Coenastraea, Columactinastraea, Floriastrea, Holocoenia, Protostephanastrea, Sedekastrea, Stelidioseris, Stephanastrea, Texastrea
Subtaxa: Allocoeniopsis dendroidea Allocoeniopsis expansa Allocoeniopsis favoidea Allocoeniopsis globosa Allocoeniopsis insignis Allocoeniopsis luciensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2), France (1), India (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Myanmar (1), Romania (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (1), Tanzania (3), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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