Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Synonym: Palaeastraea Kühn 1936 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Coryphylliinae according to Roniewicz 1989
See also Novack-Gottshall 2022, Roniewicz 1989, Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Coryphyllia, Kuhnastraea
Subtaxa: Palaeastraea cyathophylloides Palaeastraea grandissima Palaeastraea granulata Palaeastraea kokeni Palaeastraea mandrakiensis Palaeastraea subincrassata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (8 collections), Chile (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (4), the Russian Federation (7), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (2), United States (6: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada)
Total: 33 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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