Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Synonym: Schizosmilia Koby 1888
Parent taxon: Cladophylliidae according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021
See also Götz et al. 2005, Kiessling 2014, Löser 2010, Morycowa and Roniewicz 1990, Prinz 1991, Roniewicz 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apocladophyllia, Cellulastraea, Halysitastraea
Subtaxa: Cladophyllia babeana Cladophyllia babeauana Cladophyllia choffati Cladophyllia clemencia Cladophyllia conybearei Cladophyllia conybeari Cladophyllia corallina Cladophyllia crenata Cladophyllia dichotoma Cladophyllia dresnayi Cladophyllia excelsa Cladophyllia furcifera Cladophyllia minor Cladophyllia morondavensis Cladophyllia organisans Cladophyllia picteti Cladophyllia ramea Cladophyllia rollieri Cladophyllia skuviensis Cladophyllia stewartae Cladophyllia stutzi Cladophyllia tenuis Cladophyllia thailandensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Bulgaria (11), China (1), France (3), Germany (2), Iran (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (7), Oman (1), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), Turkey (2), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (5), Chile (8), the Czech Republic (3), Ethiopia (1), France (33), Georgia (2), Germany (7), Iran (1), Italy (3), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (6), Myanmar (1), Poland (1), Portugal (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (4), Spain (3), Switzerland (6), Thailand (1), Tunisia (3), the United Kingdom (3), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 157 collections including 172 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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