Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
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: Pamiroseriidae according to E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley 2013
See also Beauvais 1986 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Areaseris, Beneckastraea, Campesteria, Ceriostella, Crassistella, Minasteria, Morycastraea, Pamiroseris, Rhaetiastraea
Subtaxa: Ampakabastraea ampakabensis Ampakabastraea besavoensis Ampakabastraea contorta Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Ampakabastraea exserta Ampakabastraea tazerdunetensis
Type: Ampakabastraea ampakabensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), India (4), Iran (1), Madagascar (2), Morocco (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Tunisia (1)
• Triassic of Canada (3: British Columbia), Chile (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (1), United States (16: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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