Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Parent taxon: Stylophyllidae according to E. Roniewicz and J. Michalík 1998
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stanley 1986
Sister taxa: Anthostylis, Cerioheterastraea, Coccophyllum, Discocoenia, Discocoeniopsis, Lepidophyllia, Maeandrostylis, Meandrostylophyllum, Molukkia, Monstroseris, Pamirophyllum, Phacelepismilia, Phacelostylophyllum, Pinacophyllum, Pindosmilia, Protostylophyllum, Stylophyllopsis
Subtaxa: Stylophyllum cocchi Stylophyllum cocchii Stylophyllum edwarsi Stylophyllum lejowae Stylophyllum paradoxum Stylophyllum polyacanthum Stylophyllum pygmaeum Stylophyllum vesiculatum
Type: Stylophyllum polyacanthum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Morocco (1 collection)
• Triassic of Austria (8), China (1), Italy (7), Poland (1), Slovakia (4), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (3), United States (4: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon)
Total: 31 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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