Aplosmilia kobyi Beauvais 1964 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1964. Etude stratigraphique et paléontologique des formations à madréporaires du Jurassique supérieur du Jura et de l'est du Bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 100:1-288

Belongs to Aplosmilia according to L. Beauvais 1964

Sister taxa: Aplosmilia aspera, Aplosmilia coalescens, Aplosmilia crassa, Aplosmilia distans, Aplosmilia dumosa, Aplosmilia elegans, Aplosmilia grandicosta, Aplosmilia gregaria, Aplosmilia magnifica, Aplosmilia nuda, Aplosmilia rotunda, Aplosmilia rugosa, Aplosmilia semisulcata, Aplosmilia somaensis, Aplosmilia spathula, Aplosmilia spinosa, Aplosmilia suevica, Aplosmilia thurmanni, Aplosmilia tochikuboensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Valfin Formation of France

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte

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