Maeandrostylis Frech 1890

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Alternative spellings: Maendrostylis, Meandrostylis, Stylophyllum (Maeandrostylis)

Full reference: F. Frech. 1890. Die Korallenfauna der Trias. Palaeontographica 37:1-116

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

See also Kiessling 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Stolarski and Russo 2002

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

Subtaxa: Maeandrostylis frechi Maeandrostylis irregularis Meandrostylis grandiseptus Meandrostylis vancouverensis

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Type: Stylophyllum (Maeandrostylis) irregulare

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection)

• Triassic of Austria (2), Canada (3: British Columbia), Chile (2), Mexico (2), the Russian Federation (5), United States (9: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 24 collections including 26 occurrences

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