Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76
Belongs to Parasmilia according to J. Dennant 1904
Sister taxa: Parasmilia altavillensis, Parasmilia aptiensis, Parasmilia austinensis, Parasmilia bullardi, Parasmilia centralis, Parasmilia crassicostata, Parasmilia crnikalensis, Parasmilia cyensis, Parasmilia cylindrica, Parasmilia elliptica, Parasmilia elongata, Parasmilia fittoni, Parasmilia flindersensis, Parasmilia graysonensis, Parasmilia hermani, Parasmilia jusani, Parasmilia leganyii, Parasmilia lindstroemi, Parasmilia ludoviciana, Parasmilia montaldoensis, Parasmilia taurinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Browns Creek, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Australia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Browns Creek
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