Coccophyllum Reuss 1865 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stanley 1986

Sister taxa: Anthostylis, Cerioheterastraea, Discocoenia, Discocoeniopsis, Lepidophyllia, Maeandrostylis, Meandrostylophyllum, Molukkia, Monstroseris, Pamirophyllum, Phacelepismilia, Phacelostylophyllum, Pinacophyllum, Pindosmilia, Protostylophyllum, Stylophyllopsis, Stylophyllum

Subtaxa: Coccophyllum sturi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (7 collections), Chile (1), Hungary (1), United States (2: Alaska, Oregon)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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