Pruvostastraea Alloiteau 1957 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Synonyms: Tskanorella Sikharulidze 1979, Tskhanarella Sikharulidze 1979

Parent taxon: Aplosmiliidae according to B. Lathuilière 2024

See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Roniewicz 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997

Sister taxa: Aplosmilia, Astreoidogyra, Bodeurina, Columellogyra, Columnogyra, Cymosmilia, Ogilvinella, Phytogyra, Placogyra, Psammogyra, Rhipidogyra, Rhipidosmilia, Starostinia, Tiaradendron

Subtaxa: Pruvostastraea crassisepta Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis Pruvostastraea sikharulidzeae

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Type: Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (4 collections), Georgia (1)

• Jurassic of Czechia (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Italy (1), Portugal (2), Slovenia (2)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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