Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to S. M. Morsch 1996
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Kobyphyllia, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltia, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Plesiophyllia, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Cyathophylliopsis canadiensis Cyathophylliopsis delabechei
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), Iran (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.