Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
Synonym: Thamnotropis Cuif 1975
Parent taxon: Tropiastraeidae according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015
See also Beauvais 1986, Kiessling 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxon: Guembelastraea
Subtaxa: Thamnasteriamorpha frechi Thamnasteriamorpha loretzi Thamnasteriamorpha megaxis Thamnasteriamorpha okudai Thamnasteriamorpha rakoveci Thamnasteriamorpha rara Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (3), Italy (5), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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