Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Full reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to J. P. Chevalier 1961
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltiinae, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Nerthastraea orbignyi
Type: Nerthastraea orbignyi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections), Libya (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), Libya (1)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
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