Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
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 buonamici, Thecosmilia cartieri, Thecosmilia complanata, Thecosmilia costata, Thecosmilia cumanensis, Thecosmilia delaunayi, Thecosmilia densa, Thecosmilia dichotoma, Thecosmilia elegans, 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 somaensis, Thecosmilia tibetana, 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 photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at HQ 6349-1-1, Xiaomachang, Heqing County
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