Coryphyllia Cuif 1974 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Parent taxon: Coryphylliinae according to E. Roniewicz 1989

See also Beauvais 1986 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Kuhnastraea, Palaeastraea

Subtaxa: Coryphyllia elliptica Coryphyllia frechi Coryphyllia regularis Coryphyllia xiaanensis Coryphyllia xraanensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Morocco (4 collections)

• Triassic of Austria (1), China (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (3), Slovenia (5), Tajikistan (4), Turkey (1)

Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences

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