Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Alternative combination: Blagrovia palmerae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288
Belongs to Smilotrochus according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 1998
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 ponderosus, Smilotrochus tuberosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sycamore Creek, Forth Worth, which is in an Albian coastal siliciclastic in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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