†Stylocyathus d'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Synonym: Stylotrochus Fromentel 1861
Parent taxon: Caryophylliinae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Baron-Szabo 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caryophyllia, Dendrocyathus, Leptocyathus, Lophosmilia, Stephanocyathus, Stephanosmilia
Subtaxa: Stylocyathus besairiei Stylocyathus coarctatus Stylocyathus crassiseptus Stylocyathus dentalinus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (2 collections), Senegal (1), Switzerland (1), United States (2: Arizona)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Portugal (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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