Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96
Belongs to Thecosmilia according to M. Eguchi 1951
Sister taxa: Thecosmilia acaulis, Thecosmilia annularis, Thecosmilia bassanii, Thecosmilia buonamici, Thecosmilia cartieri, Thecosmilia complanata, Thecosmilia costata, Thecosmilia cumanensis, Thecosmilia delaunayi, Thecosmilia densa, Thecosmilia dichotoma, Thecosmilia elegans, Thecosmilia eudenticulata, Thecosmilia furcata, Thecosmilia gregaria, Thecosmilia gresslyi, Thecosmilia guerreroensis, Thecosmilia hideshimaensis, Thecosmilia hoernesii, Thecosmilia irregularis, Thecosmilia jaccardi, Thecosmilia lancisii, Thecosmilia langi, Thecosmilia longimana, Thecosmilia magna, Thecosmilia martini, Thecosmilia minuta, Thecosmilia moraviensis, Thecosmilia multigranulata, Thecosmilia neglecta, Thecosmilia ngariensis, Thecosmilia norica, Thecosmilia oaxaquensis, Thecosmilia omboni, Thecosmilia panasqueirensis, Thecosmilia qingyanensis, Thecosmilia rofanica, Thecosmilia rutogensis, Thecosmilia tibetana, Thecosmilia typica, Thecosmilia virgulina, Thecosmilia vurguni, Thecosmilia weberi, Thecosmilia zagaliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Koyamada, Soma area, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal grainstone/lime mudstone in the Nakanosawa Formation of Japan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Koyamada, Soma area
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