Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltiinae, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Peplosmilia austeni Peplosmilia fromenteli Peplosmilia latona Peplosmilia stutzi Peplosmilia triasica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Austria (3), China (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), Iran (1), the Netherlands (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (2), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (2), Turkmenistan (2), the United Arab Emirates (1)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 24 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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