Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524
Belongs to Asterosmilia according to Vaughan 1899
See also López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: Asterosmilia abnormalis, Asterosmilia aliquantula, Asterosmilia alloiteaui, Asterosmilia compressa, Asterosmilia duncani, Asterosmilia exarata, Asterosmilia irregularis, Asterosmilia profunda
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Eocene of Barbados (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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