Dendrastrea D'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)

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

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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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