†Heterastraea Tomes 1888 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
Parent taxon: Oppelismiliidae according to E. Roniewicz 2009
See also Roniewicz and Michalík 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Haimeicyclus, Oppelismilia, Phacelophyllia, Psenophyllia, Thecactinastraea
Subtaxa: Heterastraea angelae Heterastraea eveshami Heterastraea gracilis Heterastraea stricklandi Heterastraea tomesi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Slovenia (2 collections), the United Kingdom (9)
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1)
Total: 14 collections including 18 occurrences
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