Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Alternative spelling: Hispanastrea
Full reference: D. Turnsek, H. Seyfried, and O.F. Geyer. 1975. Geologische und paläontologische Untersuchungen an einem Korallenvorkommen im subbetischen Unterjura von Murcia (Süd-Spanien). Razprave, Acad. Scient. et Artium Slovenica, Cl. IV 18(5):1-35
Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to P. Prinz 1991
See also Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Hispaniastraea ramosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection), Morocco (1), Peru (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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