Asterosmilia aliquantula Squires 1958 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107

Belongs to Asterosmilia according to D. F. Squires 1958

Sister taxa: Asterosmilia abnormalis, Asterosmilia alloiteaui, Asterosmilia compressa, Asterosmilia duncani, Asterosmilia exarata, Asterosmilia hilli, Asterosmilia irregularis, Asterosmilia profunda

Type specimen: Its type locality is S146 Hampden Beach, which is in a Bortonian marine horizon in New Zealand

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asterosmilia aliquantula in the database

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