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 W. Kiessling 2003
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alloiteausmilia, Cryptosepta, Epismilia, Epismiliopsis, Pachydendron, Pachysolenia, Pachythecalis, Parapleurosmilia, Plesiophyllum, Sichuanophyllia, Zardinophyllum, Simplexastraea, Radiophyllia
Subtaxa: Archaeosmiliopsis densus
Type: Archaeosmiliopsis densus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Slovenia (1 collection), Tajikistan (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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