Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Alternative combination: Lobophyllia semisulcata
Full reference: H. Michelin. 1843. Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des polypiers fossiles de France et pays environnants (3). 73-104
Belongs to Aplosmilia according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003
See also d'Orbigny 1850, D'Orbigny 1849, de Fromentel 1861 and Milne-Edwards 1857
Sister taxa: Aplosmilia aspera, Aplosmilia coalescens, Aplosmilia crassa, Aplosmilia distans, Aplosmilia dumosa, Aplosmilia elegans, Aplosmilia grandicosta, Aplosmilia gregaria, Aplosmilia kobyi, Aplosmilia magnifica, Aplosmilia nuda, Aplosmilia rotunda, Aplosmilia rugosa, Aplosmilia somaensis, Aplosmilia spathula, Aplosmilia spinosa, Aplosmilia suevica, Aplosmilia thurmanni, Aplosmilia tochikuboensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Czechia (2), France (2), Georgia (2), Iran (2), Montenegro (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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