Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Full reference: W. S. Wu. 1977. Late Triassic scleractinian corals from northwestern Yunnan. Mesozoic Fossils from Yunnan 2:29-37
Belongs to Thecosmilia according to W. S. Wu 1977
Sister taxa: Thecosmilia acaulis, Thecosmilia annularis, Thecosmilia bassanii, Thecosmilia bruntrutana, Thecosmilia buonamici, Thecosmilia buvignieri, Thecosmilia cartieri, Thecosmilia claudiensis, Thecosmilia complanata, Thecosmilia connecta, Thecosmilia cornolensis, Thecosmilia costata, Thecosmilia crassa, Thecosmilia cumanensis, Thecosmilia cylindrica, Thecosmilia delaunayi, Thecosmilia densa, Thecosmilia dichotoma, Thecosmilia elegans, Thecosmilia furcata, Thecosmilia grandis, Thecosmilia gregaria, Thecosmilia gresslyi, Thecosmilia guerreroensis, Thecosmilia hideshimaensis, Thecosmilia hoernesii, Thecosmilia irregularis, Thecosmilia jaccardi, Thecosmilia laevis, Thecosmilia lancisii, Thecosmilia langi, Thecosmilia longimana, Thecosmilia magna, Thecosmilia martini, Thecosmilia maxima, Thecosmilia minuta, Thecosmilia moraviensis, Thecosmilia multigranulata, Thecosmilia neglecta, Thecosmilia ngariensis, Thecosmilia norica, Thecosmilia oaxaquensis, Thecosmilia obtusa, Thecosmilia omboni, Thecosmilia palmata, Thecosmilia panasqueirensis, Thecosmilia plicata, Thecosmilia qingyanensis, Thecosmilia ramosa, Thecosmilia rofanica, Thecosmilia rupellensis, Thecosmilia rutogensis, Thecosmilia schardti, Thecosmilia seminuda, Thecosmilia somaensis, Thecosmilia subcylindrica, Thecosmilia sublevis, Thecosmilia tibetana, Thecosmilia trilobata, Thecosmilia turbina, Thecosmilia turbinata, Thecosmilia typica, Thecosmilia virgulina, Thecosmilia vurguni, Thecosmilia weberi, Thecosmilia zagaliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is HQ 6349-1-1, Xiaomachang, Heqing County, which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Songgui Formation of China
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at HQ 6349-1-1, Xiaomachang, Heqing County
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