Kobyphyllia Baron-Szabo and Fernández-Mendiola 1997 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Full reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo and P. A. Fernández-Mendiola. 1997. Cretaceous scleractinian corals from the Albian of Cabo de Ajo (Cantabria Province, N-Spain). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 71(1/2):35-50

Parent taxon: Axosmiliidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2014

See also Baron-Szabo and Fernández-Mendiola 1997

Sister taxa: Axosmilia, Axosmiliopsis, Columnaphyllia, Pleurosmilia

Subtaxa: Kobyphyllia acrisionae Kobyphyllia recta Kobyphyllia straini

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (2 collections), Tanzania (1), United States (1: New Mexico)

• Jurassic of Italy (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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