Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to E. Roniewicz 1976
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Pleurophyllia cara Pleurophyllia microsa Pleurophyllia minuscula Pleurophyllia schmidti Pleurophyllia tobleri Pleurophyllia trichotoma Pleurophyllia vesiculosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (4 collections), Georgia (1), Germany (3), Mexico (2), Switzerland (3)
• Jurassic of Czechia (4), France (2), Georgia (1), Italy (1), Poland (5), Portugal (4), Romania (3), Spain (1), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 35 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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