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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	57929	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57929

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylophyllidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Stylophyllina	Beauvais 1981
family	Stylophyllidae	Volz 1896

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stylophyllidae	family	belongs to Stylophyllicae	stated with evidence	Wells, 1956
Stylophyllidae	family	belongs to Stylophyllicae	stated without evidence	Stanley, 1986
Stylophyllidae	family	belongs to Stylophyllina	stated without evidence	Melnikova and Roniewicz, 1990
Stylophyllidae	family	belongs to Stylophyllina	stated with evidence	Stolarski and Russo, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

marine (based on Stylophyllidae)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Stylophyllidae)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Stylophyllidae)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Ecospace Comments

Some genera are solitary

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Stylophyllidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. D. Stanley, Jr. and L. Beauvais. 1994. Corals from an Early Jurassic coral reef in British Columbia: refuge on an oceanic island reef. Lethaia 27:35-47

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anthostylis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cerioheterastraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	237 Ma Middle Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Coccophyllum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Discocoenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	201 Ma Early Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Discocoeniopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Lepidophyllia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	201 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Maeandrostylis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	26	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Meandrostylophyllum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Molukkia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Monstroseris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pamirophyllum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Phacelepismilia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Phacelostylophyllum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	42	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pinacophyllum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	44	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pindosmilia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Protostylophyllum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	237 Ma Middle Triassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Stylophyllopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	102	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Stylophyllum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	41	237 Ma Middle Triassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1896	Stylophyllidae Volz
1956	Stylophyllidae Wells
1986	Stylophyllidae Stanley, Jr.
1990	Stylophyllidae Melnikova and Roniewicz p. 86
2002	Stylophyllidae Stolarski and Russo p. 155

References

Stanley, Jr. G. D., Beauvais L. (1994) Corals from an Early Jurassic coral reef in British Columbia: refuge on an oceanic island reef, Lethaia 27, 35-47

Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444

Stanley, Jr. G. D. (1986) Late Triassic coelenterate faunas of western Idaho and northeastern Oregon: implications for biostratigraphy and paleogeography, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1435, 23-36

Melnikova G. K., Roniewicz E. (1990) On a new stylophyllid genus, Pamirophyllum (Scleractinia, Upper Triassic), Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 35 1-2, 85-90

Stolarski J., Russo A. (2002) Microstructural diversity of the stylophyllid (Scleractinia) skeleton, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47 4, 651-666

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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