Parasmilia jurassica Milaschewitsch 1876 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: C. Milaschewitsch. 1876. Die Korallen der Nattheimer Schichten (2). Palaeontographica 21:62-123/181-243

Belongs to Parasmilia according to C. Milaschewitsch 1876

Sister taxa: Parasmilia altavillensis, Parasmilia aptiensis, Parasmilia austinensis, Parasmilia bullardi, Parasmilia centralis, Parasmilia corniculum, 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 lucens, Parasmilia ludoviciana, Parasmilia montaldoensis, Parasmilia taurinensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nattheim (Jurassic of Germany)

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