Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to S. Götz et al. 2005
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltiinae, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Dimorphocoenia crassisepta Dimorphocoenia hellenensis Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis Dimorphocoenia jurassica Dimorphocoenia kaufmanni Dimorphocoenia multitabulata Dimorphocoenia shachverdljarensis Dimorphocoenia solomkoae Dimorphocoenia xipei
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Bulgaria (3), France (3), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (3), Mexico (1), Poland (3), Romania (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (3)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (3), Greece (1), Poland (1)
Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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