Microsolenastraea Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Full reference: D. Turnsek and M. Mihajlovic. 1981. Lower Cretaceous cnidarians from eastern Serbia. Razprave, Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, IV Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede 23(1):1-54

Parent taxon: Comoseridae according to S.D. Cairns et al. 2010

See also Baron-Szabo 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Araiophyllum, Chomatoseris, Dactylaraea, Dendraraea, Dermoseris, Dimorpharaea, Disaraea, Eocomoseris, Genabacia, Kobya, Litharaeopsis, Microsolena, Mycetaraea, Partimeandra, Semeloseris, Tricycloseris, Trocharea, Trochoplegma, Comoseris, Hydnophoromeandraraea

Subtaxa: Microsolenastraea balcanica

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Type: Microsolenastraea balcanica

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Hungary (1 collection), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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