Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Synonym: Placosmiliopsis Beauvais 1982
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Alloiteau and Tissier 1958, Alvarez et al. 1994, Baron-Szabo 2002, López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Placosmilia bilobata Placosmilia bofilli Placosmilia bojnicensis Placosmilia copoyensis Placosmilia cornu Placosmilia elliptica Placosmilia fenestrata Placosmilia fimbriata Placosmilia gracilis Placosmilia limburgica Placosmilia martini Placosmilia pethoi Placosmilia polygonata Placosmilia sinuosa Placosmilia urgoniensis Placosmiliopsis bilobatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (2 collections), Indonesia (2)
• Oligocene of Iran (1), the Netherlands (1)
• Eocene of Croatia (3), Germany (2), Hungary (3), Italy (4), Mexico (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (7)
• Paleocene of France (1), the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (9), Azerbaijan (1), France (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Iran (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Oman (3), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 59 collections including 65 occurrences
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