Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to H. Eliasova 1975
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Mitrodendron biennensis Mitrodendron major Mitrodendron mitratum Mitrodendron modicum Mitrodendron ogilviae Mitrodendron parnassus Mitrodendron tenuiseptum
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (3), China (1), France (2), Greece (1), Poland (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), Japan (1)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Poland (4), Portugal (4), Slovenia (5)
Total: 30 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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