Pinacophyllum Frech 1890 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Full reference: F. Frech. 1890. Die Korallenfauna der Trias. Palaeontographica 37:1-116

Parent taxon: Stylophyllidae according to E. Roniewicz and J. MichalĂ­k 1998

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anthostylis, Cerioheterastraea, Coccophyllum, Discocoenia, Discocoeniopsis, Lepidophyllia, Maeandrostylis, Meandrostylophyllum, Molukkia, Monstroseris, Pamirophyllum, Phacelepismilia, Phacelostylophyllum, Pindosmilia, Protostylophyllum, Stylophyllopsis, Stylophyllum

Subtaxa: Pinacophyllum parallelum Pinacophyllum peruvianum Pinacophyllum spizzensis Pinacophyllum yunnanense Pinacophyllum yunnanensis

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Type: Pinacophyllum parallelum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Chile (8 collections), Italy (1), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1)

• Triassic of Austria (9), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (6), Hungary (1), India (1), Italy (7), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Peru (1), United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 41 collections including 44 occurrences

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