Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1975. Sous-ordre Amphiastraeina Alloiteau, 1952 (Hexacorallia) des calcaires de Stramberk (Tithonien, Tchécoslovaquie). Casopis pro Mineralogii a Geologii 20(1):1-23
Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to H. Eliasova 1975
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Hexapetalum impium Hexapetalum nemorosum Hexapetalum pium
Type: Hexapetalum impium
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Poland (1)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Indonesia (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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