Thamnasteriamorpha Melnikova 1971 (stony coral)

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

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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

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