Brachyphyllia Reuss 1854 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Synonyms: Miniphyllia Eliasova 2004, Neothecoseris Eliasova 1994

Parent taxon: Latomeandridae according to H. Eliasova 2004

See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2009, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Aggomorphastraea, Brachyseris, Collignonastraea, Comophyllia, Digitosmilia, Dimorphastrea, Ellipsocoenia, Fungiaphyllia, Fungiastraea, Latiastrea, Latomeandra, Loboseris, Microphyllia, Microphylliopsis, Mixastraea, Ovalastrea, Periseris, Thalamocaeniopsis, Thamnoseris, Trigerastraea, Trochoplegmopsis, Valliculastraea, Vallimeandra

Subtaxa: Brachyphyllia circulus Brachyphyllia felixi Brachyphyllia tenuilamellosa

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Pakistan (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (5), Germany (2), Oman (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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