Cheilosmilia cornuta Koby 1888 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Alternative combination: Lingulosmilia cornuta

Belongs to Cheilosmilia according to W. Kiessling 2008

See also Beauvais 1963

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

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at La Caquerelle, Upper Argovian (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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