Aulastraea Ogilvie 1897 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to H. Eliasova 1975

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia

Subtaxa: Aulastraea macer Aulastraea schaeferi Aulastraea touli Aulastraea yilashanensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), Greece (1)

• Jurassic of China (1), the Czech Republic (3), Italy (2), Poland (1), Portugal (1)

Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences

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