Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Full reference: M. M. Reyeros de Castillo. 1983. Corales de algunas formaciones cretacicas del Estado de Oaxaca. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Paleontologia Mexicana (47)1-67
Belongs to Thecosmilia according to M. M. Reyeros de Castillo 1983
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 cumanensis, Thecosmilia cylindrica, Thecosmilia delaunayi, Thecosmilia densa, Thecosmilia dichotoma, Thecosmilia elegans, 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 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 Coixtlahuaca II, which is in an Aptian/Albian marine claystone in Mexico
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Coixtlahuaca II
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