Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Parent taxon: Margarophylliidae according to E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley 2013
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999
Sister taxa: Margarophyllia, Margarosmilia, Neoconophyllia, Pamirastraea, Promargarosmilia, Semidistichophyllum, Submargarosmilia, Thamnomargarosmilia
Subtaxa: Distichomeandra austriaca Distichomeandra dieneri Distichomeandra haueri Distichomeandra minor Distichomeandra spinosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections)
• Triassic of Austria (3), Canada (3: British Columbia, Yukon), China (2), Indonesia (1), Iran (3), Italy (1), Mexico (4), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (11), Timor-Leste (2), Türkiye (1), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 38 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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