†Dendrastrea D'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Full reference: A. D'Orbigny. 1849. Note sur les polypiers fossiles. 3-12
Parent taxon: Thamnasteriidae according to J. -C. Fischer 1969
See also Beauvais 1966 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Corbariastraea, Dimorphofungia, Mesomorpha, Polyastropsis, Recticostastraea, Stereocaenia, Thamnasteria
Subtaxa: Dendrastrea dissimilis Dendrastrea langrunensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (2 collections), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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