Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Parent taxon: Stylophyllina according to J. Stolarski and A. Russo 2002
See also Melnikova and Roniewicz 1990, Stanley 1986 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Gigantostyliidae, Oppelismiliidae
Subtaxa: Anthostylis Cerioheterastraea Coccophyllum Discocoenia Discocoeniopsis Lepidophyllia Maeandrostylis Meandrostylophyllum Molukkia Monstroseris Pamirophyllum Phacelepismilia Phacelostylophyllum Pinacophyllum Pindosmilia Protostylophyllum Stylophyllopsis Stylophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Greece (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (3), Argentina (3), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (11), France (4), Italy (2), Morocco (10), Peru (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Tajikistan (3), the United Kingdom (19), United States (4: California, Nevada, Oregon)
• Triassic of Austria (15), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (4: British Columbia), Chile (3), China (11), Hungary (2), India (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (4), Italy (27), Japan (2), Malaysia (1), Mexico (2), Myanmar (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Peru (2), the Philippines (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (9), Slovakia (9), Slovenia (3), Tajikistan (8), Turkey (1), United States (18: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 202 collections including 328 occurrences