Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218
Parent taxon: Faviidae according to L. Beauvais 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agathiphylliinae, Dactylosmilia, Defrancia, Dictyoastraea, Favia, Hadrophyllia, Ksiazkiewiczia, Montastreinae, Solenastrea, Thysanus
Subtaxa: Sakalavastraea clementi Sakalavastraea collignoni
Type: Sakalavastraea collignoni
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greece (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), Greece (1), Madagascar (1), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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