†family Oppelismiliidae Roniewicz 2009 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 2009. Opinions on Triassic-Jurassic corals.

Parent taxon: Stylophyllina according to E. Roniewicz 2009

Sister taxa: Gigantostyliidae, Stylophyllidae

Subtaxa: Haimeicyclus Heterastraea Oppelismilia Phacelophyllia Psenophyllia Thecactinastraea

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Type: Oppelismilia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (4 collections), Argentina (1), France (5), Italy (2), Morocco (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (7), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (3: Nevada)

• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), United States (3: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon)

Total: 50 collections including 73 occurrences

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