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 Roniewicz and Stolarski 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alloiteausmilia, Archaeosmiliopsis, Cryptosepta, Epismilia, Epismiliopsis, Pachydendron, Pachysolenia, Parapleurosmilia, Plesiophyllum, Sichuanophyllia, Zardinophyllum, Radiophyllia, Cassianastraea, Simplexastraea
Subtaxa: Pachythecalis major
Type: Pachythecalis major
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Turkey (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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