†Eocolumastrea Loeser and Zell 2015 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Parent taxon: Columastraeidae according to O. Bonilla et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Columastrea, Haimesastrea, Haimesiastraea, Palaeoplesiastraea, Stephanaxophyllia
Subtaxa: Eocolumastrea gortanii Eocolumastrea rosae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Chile (1 collection), Greece (2), Iran (1), Oman (2), Romania (1), Spain (1), United States (3: New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (2)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1)
Total: 14 collections including 18 occurrences
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