Plesiophyllum Alloiteau 1952 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae

Parent taxon: Zardinophyllidae according to L. Beauvais 1986

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Alloiteausmilia, Archaeosmiliopsis, Cryptosepta, Epismilia, Epismiliopsis, Pachydendron, Pachysolenia, Pachythecalis, Parapleurosmilia, Sichuanophyllia, Zardinophyllum, Radiophyllia, Simplexastraea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at J. Bou Dahar (Beni Tadjit), Atlas Mountains (Jurassic of Morocco)

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