Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Full reference: J. P. Cuif. 1975. Caracteres morphologiques, microstructuraux et systematiques des Pachythecalidae, nouvelle famille de madrepraires triasiques [Morphology, microstructure and systematics of Pachythecalidae, a new family of Triassic Scleractinia]. 8(3):157-180
Parent taxon: Zardinophyllidae according to W. Kiessling 2014
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Alloiteausmilia, Archaeosmiliopsis, Cryptosepta, Epismilia, Epismiliopsis, Pachysolenia, Pachythecalis, Parapleurosmilia, Plesiophyllum, Sichuanophyllia, Zardinophyllum, Cassianastraea, Radiophyllia, Simplexastraea
Subtaxa: Pachydendron microthallos
Type: Pachydendron microthallos
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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