Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Full reference: G. K. Melnikova. 1975. Novyye ranneyurskiye predstaviteli Amphiastraeina (skleraktinii) yugo-vostochnogo Pamira [New Early Jurassic representatives of Amphiastraeina (Scleractinia) from the South-East Pamir]. Voprosy Paleontologii Tadzhikistana [Problems of paleontology of Tadzhikistan] 108-120
Parent taxon: Zardinophyllidae according to L. Beauvais 1986
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alloiteausmilia, Archaeosmiliopsis, Cryptosepta, Epismilia, Epismiliopsis, Pachydendron, Pachysolenia, Pachythecalis, Parapleurosmilia, Plesiophyllum, Sichuanophyllia, Zardinophyllum, Simplexastraea, Radiophyllia, Cassianastraea
Subtaxa: Archaeosmilia beata Archaeosmilia duncani
Type: Archaeosmilia beata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (3 collections), Morocco (3), Tajikistan (3)
• Triassic of Slovenia (1)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences
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