Cheilosmilia kobyi Beauvais 1963 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1963. Sur quelques genres de Madreporaires peu connus de l'Argovien superieur Suisse [About some little known Upper Argovian coral genera from Switzerland]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 5(1):147-153

Belongs to Cheilosmilia according to L. Beauvais 1963

Sister taxa: Cheilosmilia cornuta, Cheilosmilia emarginata, Cheilosmilia microstoma, Cheilosmilia rugosa, Cheilosmilia strambergensis, Sclerosmilia bathonica

Type specimen: Its type locality is La Caquerelle, Upper Argovian, which is in an Oxfordian perireef or subreef limestone in Switzerland

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at La Caquerelle, Upper Argovian

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