Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Synonym: Plesiostylina Alloiteau 1958
Parent taxon: Stylinidae according to H. Löser 2010
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Lauxmann 1991, Morycowa and Decrouez 2006, Roniewicz 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocoenia, Adelocoenia, Aplophyllia, Australoseris, Bilaterocoenia, Convexastrea, Cyathophorinae, Eugyriopsis, Euheliinae, Goniocora, Proaplophyllia, Procyathophora, Pseudocoeniinae, Pseudocoeniopsis, Schizosmiliopsis, Sinaimeandra, Stylininae, Stylohelia, Stylosmilia
Subtaxa: Plesiostylina hourcqi Stylina alba Stylina algarvensis Stylina amdoensis Stylina anthemoides Stylina arborea Stylina arkansasensis Stylina babeana Stylina balsami Stylina bangoinensis Stylina bucheti Stylina bulgarica Stylina bullosa Stylina capellini Stylina carthagiensis Stylina ceriomorpha Stylina constricta Stylina cotteaui Stylina decemradiata Stylina delabechei Stylina deluci Stylina dendroidea Stylina digitiformis Stylina dongqoensis Stylina dubia Stylina echinulata Stylina elegans Stylina esmuni Stylina favrei Stylina fenestralis Stylina girodi Stylina granulosa Stylina higoensis Stylina hirta Stylina hourcqi Stylina inflata Stylina insignis Stylina intermedia Stylina inwaldensis Stylina japonica Stylina kachensis Stylina kantoensis Stylina laevicostata Stylina lobata Stylina lortphillipsi Stylina mabutii Stylina macfadyeni Stylina madagascariensis Stylina meriani Stylina microcoenia Stylina micrommata Stylina micropora Stylina minuta Stylina nakasai Stylina ndalakashensis Stylina niongalensis Stylina oolitica Stylina pachystylina Stylina parcicosta Stylina parvipora Stylina parviramosa Stylina perroni Stylina pleionantha Stylina ploti Stylina qiebulaensis Stylina reussi Stylina reussii Stylina sablensis Stylina savi Stylina shamoloensis Stylina sinemuriensis Stylina stellata Stylina subjecta Stylina subornata Stylina sucrensis Stylina sugiyamai Stylina tabulata Stylina tenax Stylina tertia Stylina thiessingi Stylina tubulifera Stylina tubulosa Stylina valfinensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (1 collection), Papua New Guinea (1), Somalia (2)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Austria (4), Bulgaria (2), China (3), Egypt (2), France (13), Georgia (8), Germany (4), Greece (5), Hungary (1), Iran (3), Japan (1), Mexico (4), Peru (1), Poland (3), Romania (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovenia (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (4), Tanzania (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (4), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1), Japan (6), Poland (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Azerbaijan (13), Belarus (1), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), China (4), Colombia (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (4), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (1), France (52), Georgia (9), Germany (15), Greece (2), India (5), Indonesia (6), Iran (10), Italy (3), Japan (5), Jordan (2), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), Morocco (6), Poland (16), Portugal (25), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (4), Somalia (5), Spain (3), Switzerland (10), Thailand (2), Tunisia (10), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (1: Arkansas), Uzbekistan (5)
• Triassic of Italy (2)
Total: 344 collections including 490 occurrences
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