Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Parent taxon: Comoseridae according to S.D. Cairns et al. 2010
See also Errenst 1990, Errenst 1991, Roniewicz 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araiophyllum, Chomatoseris, Dactylaraea, Dendraraea, Dermoseris, Dimorpharaea, Disaraea, Eocomoseris, Genabacia, Kobya, Litharaeopsis, Microsolenastraea, Mycetaraea, Partimeandra, Semeloseris, Tricycloseris, Trocharea, Trochoplegma, Hydnophoromeandraraea, Comoseris
Subtaxa: Microsolena agariciformis Microsolena amorpha Microsolena arishensis Microsolena besairiei Microsolena caesaris Microsolena catenata Microsolena cavernosa Microsolena conica Microsolena corticata Microsolena delicatula Microsolena edwardsi Microsolena excavata Microsolena exigua Microsolena expansa Microsolena fascicularis Microsolena foliosa Microsolena formosa Microsolena fromenteli Microsolena gibbosa Microsolena guttata Microsolena haimei Microsolena hassimguitaensis Microsolena hemispherica Microsolena interjecta Microsolena japonica Microsolena julii Microsolena kobyi Microsolena kugleri Microsolena loginovae Microsolena major Microsolena mosensis Microsolena multisepta Microsolena ornata Microsolena parva Microsolena pavonia Microsolena piriformis Microsolena plana Microsolena porosa Microsolena pulvinata Microsolena ramosa Microsolena regularis Microsolena sadeki Microsolena sinuata Microsolena stellata Microsolena studeri Microsolena subexcavata Microsolena subturbinata Microsolena tenuiradiata Microsolena texana Microsolena thurmanni Microsolena tuberosa Microsolena verdati Microsolena yabei Microsolena zangbeiensis
Type: Microsolena porosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (5 collections), Bulgaria (9), China (1), France (11), Georgia (6), Germany (5), Greece (6), Hungary (1), Japan (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (7), Poland (5), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (2), Spain (10), Switzerland (3), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkmenistan (8), Ukraine (2), United States (9: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), Uzbekistan (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Azerbaijan (3), Bulgaria (2), Canada (2: Nova Scotia), Chile (1), China (2), the Czech Republic (5), France (67), Georgia (4), Germany (11), Greece (1), India (4), Iran (18), Israel (1), Italy (2), Jordan (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (4), Myanmar (1), Poland (17), Portugal (27), Romania (10), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (11), Spain (8), Switzerland (10), Thailand (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), Uzbekistan (6)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 336 collections including 492 occurrences
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