Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Synonyms: Archaeophyllia Beauvais 1972 [objective synonym], Paradistichophyllum Melnikova 1975, Parathecosmilia Roniewicz 1974
Parent taxon: Reimaniphylliidae according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015
See also Beauvais 1986, Caruthers and Stanley 2008, Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2014, Roniewicz 1989, Roniewicz and Michalík 1998, Roniewicz and Stanley 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Shepherd et al. 2012, Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Coryphylliinae, Coryphyllina, Craspedophyllia, Cuifia, Distichoflabellinae, Distichomorpha, Distichopsis, Paracuifia, Primorodendron, Proretiophyllia, Reimaniphyllia, Reimaniphylliinae, Craspedophylliinae, Toechastraea, Distichophylliinae, Distichophyllia
Subtaxa: Retiophyllia aksuensis Retiophyllia alfurica Retiophyllia aranea Retiophyllia caespitosa Retiophyllia clathrata Retiophyllia dawsoni Retiophyllia defilippi Retiophyllia delicata Retiophyllia delicatula Retiophyllia dendriformis Retiophyllia dichotoma Retiophyllia eguchii Retiophyllia fenestrata Retiophyllia frechi Retiophyllia gephyrophora Retiophyllia gosaviensis Retiophyllia gracilis Retiophyllia langobardica Retiophyllia mailonggangensis Retiophyllia multiramis Retiophyllia nevadae Retiophyllia norica Retiophyllia obtusa Retiophyllia oppeli Retiophyllia parviseptum Retiophyllia pascoensis Retiophyllia robusta Retiophyllia sellae Retiophyllia tenuicosta Retiophyllia tolminensis Retiophyllia tosaensis Retiophyllia vesicularis Retiophyllia wasabidaniensis
Type: Thecosmilia fenestrata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1), Morocco (2)
• Triassic of Australia (4), Austria (15), Canada (11: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (3), China (11), East Timor (3), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (1), India (3), Indonesia (5), Iran (6), Italy (37), Japan (7), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (5), Nepal (3), Oman (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (2), the Philippines (1), Poland (5), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (18), Slovakia (8), Slovenia (12), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), Tajikistan (8), Thailand (2), Turkey (2), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (22: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 211 collections including 374 occurrences
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