Craspedophyllia Volz 1896 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Full reference: W. Volz. 1896. Die Korallen der Schichten von St Cassian in Süd-Tirol. Palaeontographica 43:1-124

Parent taxon: Reimaniphylliidae according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015

See also Roniewicz et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997

Sister taxa: Coryphylliinae, Coryphyllina, Cuifia, Distichoflabellinae, Distichomorpha, Distichopsis, Paracuifia, Primorodendron, Proretiophyllia, Reimaniphyllia, Reimaniphylliinae, Retiophyllia, Craspedophylliinae, Distichophyllia, Distichophylliinae, Toechastraea

Subtaxa: Craspedophyllia alpina Craspedophyllia cristata Craspedophyllia japonica Craspedophyllia ramosa Craspedophyllia spinifera

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Type: Craspedophyllia cristata

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (1), East Timor (1), Italy (8), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (3)

Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences

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