Amphiaulastrea Geyer 1955 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Parent taxon: Amphiastreidae according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021

See also Baron-Szabo 1997, Morycowa and Decrouez 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997

Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, 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: Amphiaulastrea aliensis Amphiaulastrea conferta Amphiaulastrea rarauensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (4), Romania (1), Switzerland (2)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Poland (1)

• Jurassic of Czechia (2), Italy (1), Poland (1)

Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences

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