Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Parent taxon: Distichophylliina according to D. Turnsek 1997
See also Melnikova 1996
Sister taxa: Coryphylliidae, Margarophyllidae
Subtaxa: Distichomeandra Margarophyllia Margarosmilia Neoconophyllia Pamirastraea Promargarosmilia Semidistichophyllum Submargarosmilia Thamnomargarosmilia
Type: Margarophyllia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections), Morocco (1)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (9), Canada (3: British Columbia, Yukon), China (35), East Timor (3), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (3), Italy (21), Japan (3), Mexico (4), Oman (2), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (17), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (22), Spain (1), Tajikistan (8), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), United States (8: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 155 collections including 294 occurrences