†Palaeosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Parent taxon: Palaeosmiliinae according to I. D. Somerville et al. 2016
See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Koninckophyllum
Subtaxa: Palaeosmilia multiseptata Palaeosmilia murchisoni Palaeosmilia ressoti
Type: Palaeosmilia murchisoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Cambodia (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (2), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (9), France (2), Ireland (4), Japan (1), Morocco (20), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (46)
• Devonian of Germany (1), Poland (1)
Total: 94 collections including 103 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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