Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Alternative spelling: Smilorochus
Synonyms: Ceratosmilia Alloiteau 1952, Dungulia Oppenheim 1930, Parasmiliopsis Alloiteau 1957
Parent taxon: Eusmiliinae according to H. Eliasova 1997
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2008, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek et al. 2003 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Smilotrochus arnaudi Smilotrochus besairiei Smilotrochus carnarvonensis Smilotrochus cenomanus Smilotrochus cornucopiae Smilotrochus curtus Smilotrochus elongatus Smilotrochus galeriformis Smilotrochus hungaricus Smilotrochus incurvus Smilotrochus milneri Smilotrochus palmerae Smilotrochus ponderosus Smilotrochus tuberosus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Hungary (2), Italy (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Egypt (2), Pakistan (2)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (5), Libya (2), Madagascar (5), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (8), United States (3: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 55 collections including 63 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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