Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Alternative spelling: Bussonastraea

Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to Beauvais 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia

Subtaxa: Bussonastrea tricalix

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Bir Remtsa (Jurassic of Tunisia)

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