Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Alternative combination: Thecosmilia norica
Belongs to Retiophyllia according to H. M. E. Shepherd et al. 2012
See also Caruthers and Stanley 2008, Prinz 1991, Roniewicz 1989, Smith 1927 and Stanley 1994
Sister taxa: Retiophyllia aksuensis, Retiophyllia alfurica, Retiophyllia aranea, Retiophyllia caespitosa, Retiophyllia clathrata, Retiophyllia dawsoni, Retiophyllia defilippi, Retiophyllia delicata, Retiophyllia delicatula, Retiophyllia dendriformis, Retiophyllia dichotoma, Retiophyllia eguchii, Retiophyllia fenestrata, Retiophyllia frechi, Retiophyllia gephyrophora, Retiophyllia gosaviensis, Retiophyllia gracilis, Retiophyllia langobardica, Retiophyllia mailonggangensis, Retiophyllia multiramis, Retiophyllia nevadae, Retiophyllia obtusa, Retiophyllia oppeli, Retiophyllia parviseptum, Retiophyllia pascoensis, Retiophyllia robusta, Retiophyllia sellae, Retiophyllia tenuicosta, Retiophyllia tolminensis, Retiophyllia tosaensis, Retiophyllia vesicularis, Retiophyllia wasabidaniensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (5 collections), Canada (1: Yukon), Chile (1), East Timor (1), Iran (4), Mexico (3), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (4), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (8: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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