Cheilosmilia Koby 1888 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Synonyms: Lingulosmilia Koby 1888, Sclerosmilia Koby 1888

Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to E. Roniewicz 1976

See also Eliasova 1975, Geyer 1955, Lathuliere 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hispaniastraea, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia

Subtaxa: Cheilosmilia cornuta Cheilosmilia emarginata Cheilosmilia kobyi Cheilosmilia microstoma Cheilosmilia rugosa Cheilosmilia strambergensis Sclerosmilia bathonica

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Portugal (3), Romania (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 10 collections including 15 occurrences

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