Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 1970. Scleractinia from the Upper Portlandian of Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 15(4):519-532
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Roniewicz 1970 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paragoniastrea, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Edwardsastraea tisburiensis
Type: Edwardsastraea tisburiensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tisbury, Wiltshire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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