Parasmilia elliptica Siemiradzki 1927 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: J. Siemiradzki. 1927. Korale gornokredowe Polski [Upper Cretaceous corals from Poland]. Kosmos 51:313-326

Belongs to Parasmilia according to Siemiradzki 1927

Sister taxa: Parasmilia altavillensis, Parasmilia aptiensis, Parasmilia austinensis, Parasmilia bullardi, Parasmilia centralis, Parasmilia crassicostata, Parasmilia crnikalensis, Parasmilia cyensis, Parasmilia cylindrica, Parasmilia elongata, Parasmilia fittoni, Parasmilia flindersensis, Parasmilia graysonensis, Parasmilia hermani, Parasmilia jusani, Parasmilia leganyii, Parasmilia lindstroemi, Parasmilia lucens, Parasmilia ludoviciana, Parasmilia montaldoensis, Parasmilia taurinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sokal, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine chalk in Ukraine

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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