Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Synonym: Olgastraea Eliasova 1989
Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218
Parent taxon: Meandrophylliinae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002
See also Baron-Szabo and Steuber 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brachymeandra, Meandrophyllia
Subtaxa: Dimorphastraeopsis bohemica Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Armenia (1 collection), the Czech Republic (5), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2)
• Jurassic of Poland (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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