Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Alternative combinations: Lepidophylliopsis longimana, Lithodendron longimanum
Synonym: Lithodendron cylindratum Quenstedt 1881
Belongs to Thecosmilia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009
See also Beauvais and Stump 1976, Bendukidze 1949, Geyer 1955 and Pandey et al. 2007
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 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
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Iran (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Czechia (1), Georgia (2), Mexico (1), Spain (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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