Dimorphofungia Bonneau et al. 1974 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Full reference: M. Bonneau, L. Beauvais, and F. A. Middlemiss. 1974. L'unite de Miamou (Crete-Grece) et sa macrofaune d'age Jurassique superieur (Brachiopodes, Madreporaires) [The Miamou Unit (Crete, Greece) and its Upper Jurassic macrofauna (brachiopods, corals)]. Annales Societe Geologique du Nord 94(2):71-85

Parent taxon: Thamnasteriidae according to M. Bonneau et al. 1974

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Corbariastraea, Dendrastrea, Mesomorpha, Polyastropsis, Recticostastraea, Stereocaenia, Thamnasteria

Subtaxa: Dimorphofungia aubouini

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Type: Dimorphofungia aubouini

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Miamou, Crete Island (Jurassic of Greece)

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