†family Protoheterastraeidae Cuif 1977 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Parent taxon: Caryophylliina according to E. Roniewicz and J. Michalik 2002

See also Turnsek 1997

Sister taxa: Alpinophylliidae, Caryophylliicae, Caryophyllioidea, Flabellicae, Flabelloidea, Parasmiliidae, Protoheterstraeidae, Reimaniphyllioidea, Smilotrochidae

Subtaxa: Carpathiphyllia Paravolzeia Pontebbastraea Protoheterastrea Remismilia

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Triassic of Croatia (1 collection), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Italy (10), Japan (3), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (5), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (15), Thailand (1), Timor-Leste (1)

Total: 42 collections including 53 occurrences

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