Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Kobyphyllia, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Plesiophyllia, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Peplosmilia austeni Peplosmilia corallina Peplosmilia fromenteli Peplosmilia latona Peplosmilia portlandica Peplosmilia stutzi Peplosmilia triasica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Austria (2), China (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), Iran (1), the Netherlands (3), Serbia (1), Slovenia (2), Switzerland (3), 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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