Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Synonyms: Lithodendron trichotomum Goldfuss 1826, Thecosmilia tobleri Koby 1895, Thecosmilia trichotoma Goldfuss 1826
Belongs to Thecosmilia according to Fromentel 1870
See also Geyer 1955 and Koby 1895
Sister taxa: Thecosmilia acaulis, Thecosmilia annularis, Thecosmilia bassanii, Thecosmilia buonamici, Thecosmilia cartieri, Thecosmilia complanata, Thecosmilia costata, Thecosmilia cumanensis, Thecosmilia delaunayi, Thecosmilia dichotoma, Thecosmilia elegans, Thecosmilia eudenticulata, 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
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greece (2 collections), Mexico (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (2)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (3), France (3), Georgia (3), Germany (16), Iran (1), Poland (5), Portugal (10), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (4), Ukraine (1)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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