Smilotrochus galeriformis Kner 1848 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Alternative combinations: Coelosmilia galeriformis, Turbinolia galeriformis

Synonyms: Smilotrochus hagenowi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857, Smilotrochus jakhmari Duncan 1880, Smilotrochus nagorzanensis Siemiradzki 1927

Belongs to Smilotrochus according to Siemiradzki 1927

See also Baron-Szabo 2008, Reuss 1852 and Siemiradzki 1927

Sister taxa: Smilotrochus arnaudi, Smilotrochus besairiei, Smilotrochus carnarvonensis, Smilotrochus cenomanus, Smilotrochus cornucopiae, Smilotrochus curtus, Smilotrochus elongatus, Smilotrochus hungaricus, Smilotrochus incurvus, Smilotrochus milneri, Smilotrochus palmerae, Smilotrochus ponderosus, Smilotrochus tuberosus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (1), Ukraine (7)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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