Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Alternative combination: Placophyllia tenuis
Belongs to Stylosmilia according to L. Beauvais 1988
See also Morycowa and Misik 2005
Sister taxa: Stylosmilia alpina, Stylosmilia ameliae, Stylosmilia catenula, Stylosmilia corallina, Stylosmilia crassitheca, Stylosmilia fascicularis, Stylosmilia flexuosa, Stylosmilia gregorii, Stylosmilia kangpaensis, Stylosmilia michelini, Stylosmilia naumanni, Stylosmilia octonaria, Stylosmilia shirakurai, Stylosmilia solidecolumella, Stylosmilia subgracilis, Stylosmilia suevica, Stylosmilia tanggulaensis, Stylosmilia tingriensis, Stylosmilia yabei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Topalu 4, Dobrogea, Romania, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Romania
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Italy (2), Romania (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (3), Thailand (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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