Stylophyllum paradoxum Frech 1890 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Alternative combination: Stylophyllopsis paradoxum

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

Belongs to Stylophyllum according to E. Roniewicz 1989

See also Beauvais 1986, Kiessling 2004 and Stanley 1986

Sister taxa: Stylophyllum cocchi, Stylophyllum cocchii, Stylophyllum edwarsi, Stylophyllum lejowae, Stylophyllum polyacanthum, Stylophyllum pygmaeum, Stylophyllum vesiculatum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Morocco (1 collection)

• Triassic of Austria (6), Italy (2), Slovenia (1), United States (2: Idaho)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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