Proaplophyllia Roniewicz 1976 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 1976. Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie. Palaeontologia Polonica 34:17-121

Parent taxon: Stylinidae according to E. Roniewicz 1976

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthocoenia, Adelocoenia, Aplophyllia, Australoseris, Bilaterocoenia, Convexastrea, Cyathophorinae, Eugyriopsis, Euheliinae, Goniocora, Procyathophora, Pseudocoeniinae, Pseudocoeniopsis, Schizosmiliopsis, Sinaimeandra, Stylina, Stylininae, Stylohelia, Stylosmilia

Subtaxa: Proaplophyllia roniewiczae Proaplophyllia sexradiata

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Croatia (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (4), Slovenia (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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