Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Full reference: A. D'Orbigny. 1849. Note sur les polypiers fossiles. 3-12
Parent taxon: Microsolenidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Baron-Szabo 2021, Cairns et al. 2010, Roniewicz 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araiophyllum, Chomatoseris, Dactylaraea, Dendraraea, Dermoseris, Dimorpharaea, Disaraea, Eocomoseris, Genabacia, Kobya, Litharaeopsis, Microsolena, Microsolenastraea, Mycetaraea, Partimeandra, Semeloseris, Tricycloseris, Trocharea, Trochoplegma, Hydnophoromeandraraea
Subtaxa: Comoseris aptiensis Comoseris baltovensis Comoseris brevivallis Comoseris eichwaldi Comoseris frondescens Comoseris helvelloides Comoseris interrupta Comoseris irradians Comoseris jireceki Comoseris kobyi Comoseris meandrinoides Comoseris minima Comoseris tshordensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (4 collections), Bulgaria (3), France (5), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Iran (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (2), Czechia (2), Ethiopia (1), France (46), Georgia (5), Germany (1), Iran (1), Italy (2), Jordan (2), Morocco (2), Poland (17), Portugal (18), Romania (9), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (5), Spain (7), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (2), Uzbekistan (6)
Total: 150 collections including 183 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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