Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Synonym: Edwardsosmilia Alloiteau 1949
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltiinae, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia
Subtaxa: Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) Trochosmilia acutimargo Trochosmilia arguta Trochosmilia asiatica Trochosmilia beyrichi Trochosmilia camura Trochosmilia corniculum Trochosmilia cristata Trochosmilia delicatissima Trochosmilia faujasi Trochosmilia lorioli Trochosmilia minuta Trochosmilia moorei Trochosmilia multisinuosa Trochosmilia oldhami Trochosmilia orientalis Trochosmilia osensis Trochosmilia persica Trochosmilia stainbrooki Trochosmilia transitoria
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection), Iran (3)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Slovenia (1)
• Eocene of Croatia (3), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Italy (3), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Slovenia (1), Ukraine (1)
• Paleocene of Pakistan (2), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Croatia (1), Egypt (1), France (3), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (2), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (4), Oman (1), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: New Mexico, Texas, Utah), Uzbekistan (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (2)
Total: 60 collections including 76 occurrences
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