Carolastraea Eliasova 1976 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae

Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1976. Nouvelle famille du sous-ordre Amphiastraeina Alloiteau, 1952 (Hexacoralla), Tithonien de Tchecoslovaquie [New family of the suborder Amphiastraeina Alloiteau, 1952 (Hexacoralla) in the Tithonian of Czechoslovakia]. Vestnik Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 51:177-178

Parent taxon: Carolastraeidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Comalia, Paracarolastraea

Subtaxa: Carolastraea fraji

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Type: Carolastraea fraji

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection)

• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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