†Apocladophyllia birleyae Gregory 1899 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Alternative combination: Cladophyllia birleyae
Synonyms: Apocladophyllia nowaki Morycowa and Roniewicz 1990, Cladophyllia qiebulaensis Liao 1982
Belongs to Apocladophyllia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009
See also Liao and Xia 1994, Löser and Ferry 2006 and Morycowa and Roniewicz 1990
Sister taxa: Apocladophyllia koniakensis, Apocladophyllia neocomiensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Mexico (1)
• Jurassic of Iran (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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