Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative combination: Rennensismilia stainbrooki
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288
Belongs to Trochosmilia according to Wells 1933
Sister taxa: Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia), Trochosmilia acutimargo, Trochosmilia arguta, Trochosmilia asiatica, Trochosmilia beyrichi, Trochosmilia camura, Trochosmilia corniculum, Trochosmilia cristata, Trochosmilia delicatissima, Trochosmilia faujasi, Trochosmilia lorioli, Trochosmilia minuta, Trochosmilia moorei, Trochosmilia multisinuosa, Trochosmilia oldhami, Trochosmilia orientalis, Trochosmilia osensis, Trochosmilia persica, Trochosmilia transitoria
Type specimen: Its type locality is Three Lakes, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Kiamichi Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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