Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coryphylliidae
Full reference: E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley. 2013. Upper Triassic corals from Nevada, western North America, and the implications for paleoecology and paleogeography. Journal of Paleontology 87:934-964
Parent taxon: Coryphylliidae according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015
See also Roniewicz and Stanley 2013
Sister taxa: Axotrochus, Flexastrea, Margarogyra, Nevadoseris, Noriphyllia, Pokljukosmilia
Subtaxa: Khytrastrea cuifiamorpha Khytrastrea ominensis Khytrastrea silberlingi
Type: Khytrastrea silberlingi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Japan (3), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
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