Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Alternative combination: Stylosmilia dresnayi
Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68
Belongs to Cladophyllia according to D. Turnsek et al. 2003
See also Beauvais 1986
Sister taxa: Cladophyllia babeana, Cladophyllia babeauana, Cladophyllia choffati, Cladophyllia clemencia, Cladophyllia conybearei, Cladophyllia conybeari, Cladophyllia corallina, Cladophyllia crenata, Cladophyllia dichotoma, Cladophyllia excelsa, Cladophyllia furcifera, Cladophyllia minor, Cladophyllia morondavensis, Cladophyllia organisans, Cladophyllia picteti, Cladophyllia ramea, Cladophyllia rollieri, Cladophyllia skuviensis, Cladophyllia stewartae, Cladophyllia stutzi, Cladophyllia tenuis, Cladophyllia thailandensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is J. Bou Dahar (Beni Tadjit), Atlas Mountains, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Morocco (1 collection), Slovenia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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