Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Full reference: F. Frech. 1890. Die Korallenfauna der Trias. Palaeontographica 37:1-116
Parent taxon: Stylophyllidae according to J. Stolarski and A. Russo 2002
See also Roniewicz and MichalĂk 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anthostylis, Cerioheterastraea, Coccophyllum, Discocoenia, Discocoeniopsis, Lepidophyllia, Maeandrostylis, Meandrostylophyllum, Molukkia, Monstroseris, Pamirophyllum, Phacelepismilia, Phacelostylophyllum, Pinacophyllum, Pindosmilia, Protostylophyllum, Stylophyllum
Subtaxa: Stylophyllopsis bobrovensis Stylophyllopsis brevis Stylophyllopsis gracilis Stylophyllopsis karauldyndalaensis Stylophyllopsis lindstroemi Stylophyllopsis media Stylophyllopsis minisculus Stylophyllopsis mojsvari Stylophyllopsis polyactis Stylophyllopsis ramosa Stylophyllopsis rudis Stylophyllopsis victoriae Stylophyllopsis walliae
Type: Stylophyllopsis polyactis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (3), Argentina (3), Canada (1: British Columbia), Italy (2), Morocco (6), Peru (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Tajikistan (2), the United Kingdom (9), United States (3: California, Nevada)
• Triassic of Austria (6), China (5), India (2), Iran (3), Italy (10), Japan (1), Myanmar (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (5), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (6), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 83 collections including 110 occurrences
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