†Thamnarea Etallon 1864 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Alternative spelling: Thamnaraea
Parent taxon: Actinacididae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2003
See also Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Actinacis, Actinhelia, Elephantaria
Subtaxa: Thamnarea hornosensis Thamnarea lithodes
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Bulgaria (6), Mexico (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (2)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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