Smilotrochus ponderosus Nielsen 1922 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Alternative combination: Coelosmilia ponderosa

Synonym: Smilotrochus grandis Siemiradzki 1927

Belongs to Smilotrochus according to Kuzmicheva 1982

See also Baron-Szabo 2008

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

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Nagorzany, Lviv (Cretaceous of Ukraine)

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