Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
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 Parasmilia according to J. W. Wells 1933
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 hermani, Parasmilia jusani, Parasmilia leganyii, Parasmilia lindstroemi, Parasmilia lucens, Parasmilia ludoviciana, Parasmilia montaldoensis, Parasmilia taurinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Grayson Bluff (Texas Christian University collection), which is in a Cenomanian deep subtidal marl in the Grayson Marl Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Grayson Bluff (Texas Christian University collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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