Microsolena Lamouroux 1821 (stony coral)

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 bruntrutana 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 gresslyi 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 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

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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 (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), Czechia (5), France (67), Georgia (3), Germany (11), Greece (1), India (4), Iran (14), Israel (1), Italy (2), Jordan (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (4), Myanmar (1), Poland (15), Portugal (27), Romania (10), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia (1), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (10), Spain (8), Switzerland (9), Thailand (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), Uzbekistan (6)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 327 collections including 474 occurrences

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