Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Parent taxon: Margarophylliidae according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015
See also Beauvais 1986, Roniewicz 1989, Roniewicz et al. 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Distichomeandra, Margarophyllia, Neoconophyllia, Pamirastraea, Promargarosmilia, Semidistichophyllum, Submargarosmilia, Thamnomargarosmilia
Subtaxa: Margarosmilia adhios Margarosmilia charlyana Margarosmilia confluens Margarosmilia granulata Margarosmilia mizukamia Margarosmilia nova Margarosmilia richthofeni Margarosmilia septanectens Margarosmilia zieteni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Morocco (1 collection)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (6), China (5), East Timor (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (3), Italy (19), Japan (1), Oman (2), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (12), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (18), Spain (1), Tajikistan (7), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), United States (5: Alaska, Oregon)
Total: 89 collections including 135 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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