Lophosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parent taxon: Caryophylliinae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Caryophyllia, Dendrocyathus, Leptocyathus, Stephanocyathus, Stephanosmilia, Stylocyathus
Subtaxa: Lophosmilia yabei
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (1 collection)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Peru (1)
• Cretaceous of China (2)
• Jurassic of Tunisia (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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