Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Parent taxon: Amphiastreidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Tuzcu and Babayigit 1998
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Donacosmilia corallina Donacosmilia etalloni Donacosmilia massaliensis Donacosmilia silingensis Donacosmilia thurmanni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (2), France (1)
• Jurassic of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Slovenia (6), Switzerland (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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