Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1964. Etude stratigraphique et paleontologique des formations a madreporaires du Jurassique superieur du Jura et de l'est du Basin de Paris. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 100:1-288
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to L. Beauvais 1986
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltiinae, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Goldfussastrea heidenheimensis Goldfussastrea toarciensis Goldfussastrea variabilis
Type: Goldfussastrea heidenheimensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), France (1), Germany (1), Morocco (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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