Rhipidosmilia Geyer 1955 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Full reference: O. F. Geyer. 1955. Beiträge zur Korallenfauna des Stramberger Tithon. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 29(3-4):177-216

Parent taxon: Aplosmiliidae according to B. Lathuilière 2024

See also Geyer 1955 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aplosmilia, Astreoidogyra, Bodeurina, Columellogyra, Columnogyra, Cymosmilia, Ogilvinella, Phytogyra, Placogyra, Pruvostastraea, Psammogyra, Starostinia, Tiaradendron, Trochoidomeandra

Subtaxa: Rhipidosmilia moravica

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Type: Rhipidosmilia moravica

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Stramberk reef, Czechia (Jurassic of Czechia)

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