Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68
Parent taxon: Oppelismiliidae according to E. Roniewicz 2009
See also Beauvais 1986 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Haimeicyclus, Heterastraea, Oppelismilia, Psenophyllia, Thecactinastraea
Subtaxa: Phacelophyllia bacari Phacelophyllia fasciata Phacelophyllia moorei Phacelophyllia suttonensis Phacelophyllia termieri
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Morocco (1), Slovenia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (2: Alaska, Idaho)
Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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