Baryphyllia Fromentel 1857 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Parent taxon: Calamophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antilloseris, Calamophyllia, Ferrya, Gonioseris, Gyrodendron, Protoseris, Rabdastrea, Sematethmos, Stiboria, Viminohelia

Subtaxa: Baryphyllia confusa Baryphyllia gregaria Baryphyllia maxima Baryphyllia tosaensis

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Type: Barysmilia gregaria

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (1)

• Jurassic of Poland (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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