Acrosmilia d'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae

Alternative spelling: Trochosmilia (Acrosmilia)

Synonyms: Carantoseris Alloiteau 1952, Leptophyllia Reuss 1854, Turbinoseris Duncan 1870

Parent taxon: Acrosmiliidae according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003

See also Alloiteau 1960, Baron-Szabo 2008, Gabb 1864, Kiessling 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956

Sister taxon: Proleptophyllia

Subtaxa: Acrosmilia agassizi Acrosmilia baltica Acrosmilia baumbergeri Acrosmilia conica Acrosmilia conica Acrosmilia cupulata Acrosmilia depressa Acrosmilia dilatata Acrosmilia dubravitzensis Acrosmilia elongata Acrosmilia flouesti Acrosmilia fungina Acrosmilia minima Acrosmilia pironai Acrosmilia precursor Acrosmilia robusta Acrosmilia sanchezroigi Acrosmilia separata Acrosmilia soemmanni Acrosmilia thrumanni Acrosmilia thurmanni Acrosmilia zitteli Trochosmilia (Acrosmilia) striata

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Eocene of Croatia (1), Germany (1), Hungary (4), Italy (1), United States (21: California)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Pakistan (1)

• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Bulgaria (3), China (1), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Germany (2), Iran (2), Portugal (3), Saudi Arabia (3), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (1)

Total: 76 collections including 90 occurrences

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