Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Parent taxon: Amphiastreidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Beauvais 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Lochmaeosmilia besavoensis Lochmaeosmilia nodosa Lochmaeosmilia radiata Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Ethiopia (11), France (1), Georgia (1), India (1), Jordan (2), Madagascar (4), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (2)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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