Neorylstonia Vasseur et al. 2019 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Synonym: Mesophyllum Beauvais 1986 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. Vasseur, S. Boivin, B. Lathuilière, I. Lazar, CDurlet, R. Martindale, S. Bodin and K. Elhmidi. 2019. Lower Jurassic corals from Morocco with skeletal structures convergent with those of Paleozoic rugosan corals. Palaeontologia Electronica 22( 22):2.48

Parent taxon: Volzeioidea according to R. Vasseur et al. 2019

Sister taxon: Cyclophylliidae

Subtaxa: Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Morocco (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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