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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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