Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Parent taxon: Siderastreidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astraeofungia, Eosiderastrea, Hindeastraea, Koilomorpha, Maeandroseris, Palaeosiderofungia, Pironastrea, Psammocora, Pseudosiderastrea, Siderastrea, Siderastreites, Sideroseris, Siderosmilia, Stephanomorpha, Synhelia
Subtaxa: Siderofungia bella Siderofungia irregularis Siderofungia morloti Siderofungia zitteli
Type: Columnastraea bella
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (2 collections), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
• Eocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Italy (9), Ukraine (2)
• Paleocene of Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), United States (2: Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (2)
Total: 31 collections including 36 occurrences
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