Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Archaeosmiliidae
Full reference: G. K. Melnikova. 1975. Novyye ranneyurskiye predstaviteli Amphiastraeina (skleraktinii) yugo-vostochnogo Pamira [New Early Jurassic representatives of Amphiastraeina (Scleractinia) from the South-East Pamir]. Voprosy Paleontologii Tadzhikistana [Problems of paleontology of Tadzhikistan] 108-120
Belongs to Archaeosmilia according to G. K. Melnikova 1975
Sister taxa: Archaeosmilia beata, Archaeosmilia brevis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hasan Sansalaghay River, Nalbandan, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian marine horizon in Afghanistan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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