Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Parent taxon: Zardinophyllidae according to L. Beauvais 1986
See also Geyer 1955 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alloiteausmilia, Archaeosmilia, Archaeosmiliopsis, Cryptosepta, Epismiliopsis, Pachydendron, Pachysolenia, Pachythecalis, Parapleurosmilia, Plesiophyllum, Sichuanophyllia, Zardinophyllum, Simplexastraea, Radiophyllia, Cassianastraea
Subtaxa: Epismilia cuneata Epismilia delemontana Epismilia haimei Epismilia mauretaniensis Epismilia obesa Epismilia robusta Epismilia wrighti Epismilia yilashanensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (2), China (2), France (1), Morocco (1), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
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