Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Alternative combination: Montlivaultia capitata
Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152
Belongs to Margarophyllia according to D. Turnsek and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1994
Sister taxa: Margarophyllia crenata, Margarophyllia decora, Margarophyllia inculta, Margarophyllia peristicta, Margarophyllia stylophylloides, Margarophyllia vortica, Margarophyllia zhenfengensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (2), Greece (1), Italy (8), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (11)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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