Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Synonyms: Cylicosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848, Plesiocaryophyllia Alloiteau 1960
Parent taxon: Parasmilinae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Baron-Szabo 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Faksephyllia
Subtaxa: Parasmilia altavillensis Parasmilia aptiensis Parasmilia austinensis Parasmilia bullardi Parasmilia centralis 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:
• Miocene of Italy (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (1), Italy (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), France (3), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Poland (1), Slovenia (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Greenland (1), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Bulgaria (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (3), Germany (6), India (1), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (3), Madagascar (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Senegal (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (8), United States (8: Texas)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 71 collections including 79 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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