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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