Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to W. Kiessling 2008

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Confusastrea, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Kobyphyllia, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltia, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Plesiophyllia, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia

Subtaxa: Cyathophyllia cretacaea Cyathophyllia liasica

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Corals of Djebel Siouf (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

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