Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Synonym: Metaulastraea Dietrich 1926
Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to H. Löser 2008
See also Baron-Szabo 2009, Eliasova 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia
Subtaxa: Pleurostylina corallina Pleurostylina hiraigaensis Pleurostylina major Pleurostylina pompeckji Pleurostylina turkmenensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), Greece (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Tanzania (2), Turkmenistan (1)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), Ethiopia (1), France (1), Greece (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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