Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1944. Cretaceous, tertiary, and recent corals, a sponge, and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):429-447
Belongs to Thecosmilia according to J. W. Wells 1944
Sister taxa: Thecosmilia acaulis, Thecosmilia annularis, Thecosmilia bassanii, Thecosmilia bruntrutana, Thecosmilia buonamici, Thecosmilia buvignieri, Thecosmilia cartieri, Thecosmilia claudiensis, Thecosmilia complanata, Thecosmilia connecta, Thecosmilia cornolensis, Thecosmilia costata, Thecosmilia crassa, Thecosmilia cylindrica, Thecosmilia delaunayi, Thecosmilia densa, Thecosmilia dichotoma, Thecosmilia elegans, Thecosmilia elongata, Thecosmilia eudenticulata, Thecosmilia furcata, Thecosmilia grandis, Thecosmilia gregaria, Thecosmilia gresslyi, Thecosmilia guerreroensis, Thecosmilia hideshimaensis, Thecosmilia hoernesii, Thecosmilia irregularis, Thecosmilia jaccardi, Thecosmilia laevis, Thecosmilia lancisii, Thecosmilia langi, Thecosmilia longimana, Thecosmilia magna, Thecosmilia martini, Thecosmilia maxima, Thecosmilia minuta, Thecosmilia moraviensis, Thecosmilia multigranulata, Thecosmilia neglecta, Thecosmilia ngariensis, Thecosmilia norica, Thecosmilia oaxaquensis, Thecosmilia obtusa, Thecosmilia omboni, Thecosmilia palmata, Thecosmilia panasqueirensis, Thecosmilia plicata, Thecosmilia qingyanensis, Thecosmilia ramosa, Thecosmilia rofanica, Thecosmilia rupellensis, Thecosmilia rutogensis, Thecosmilia schardti, Thecosmilia seminuda, Thecosmilia somaensis, Thecosmilia subcylindrica, Thecosmilia sublevis, Thecosmilia tibetana, Thecosmilia trilobata, Thecosmilia turbina, Thecosmilia turbinata, Thecosmilia typica, Thecosmilia virgulina, Thecosmilia vurguni, Thecosmilia weberi, Thecosmilia zagaliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Las Cinco Ceibas, which is in an Aptian/Albian perireef or subreef limestone in the Barranquin Formation of Venezuela
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Iran (1 collection), Venezuela (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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