Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
Alternative spellings: Oppelisiilia, Oppelisilia
Parent taxon: Oppelismiliidae according to E. Roniewicz 2009
See also Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Stolarski and Russo 2002
Sister taxa: Haimeicyclus, Heterastraea, Phacelophyllia, Psenophyllia, Thecactinastraea
Subtaxa: Oppelismilia gemmans Oppelismilia spectabilis
Type: Oppelismilia gemmans
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (4 collections), Argentina (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Tajikistan (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Triassic of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences
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