Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Synonym: Felixastraea Oppenheim 1930
Full reference: A. E. Reuss. 1868. Paläontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen, 1: Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichten von Castelgomberto [Paleontological studies about the older Tertiary beds in the Alps, 1: The fossil Anthozoa from the Castelcomberto Formation]. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 28:129-184
Parent taxon: Agariciidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Baron-Szabo 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agaricia, Coeloseris, Cyathoseris, Helioseris, Hydnophoroseris, Lamellofungia, Leptoseris, Maeandrella, Mioseris, Monticuliphyllia, Morphastrea, Ogilviastraea, Pachyseris, Pavona, Plocoastraea, Trochoseris, Trochoseropsis, Valloria, Vaughanoseris
Subtaxa: Heterogyra lobata Heterogyra murchisoni Heterogyra zitteli
Type: Heterogyra lobata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Italy (3)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), India (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1), Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of Georgia (1)
Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences
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