†Smilotrochus ponderosus Nielsen 1922 (stony coral)
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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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