Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
Alternative combination: Leptophyllia sanchezroigi
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Upper Cretaceous corals from Cuba. Bulletins of American Paleontology 26:282-300
Belongs to Acrosmilia according to W. Kiessling 2014
See also Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Acrosmilia agassizi, Acrosmilia baltica, Acrosmilia baumbergeri, Acrosmilia conica, Acrosmilia conica, Acrosmilia cupulata, Acrosmilia depressa, Acrosmilia dilatata, Acrosmilia dubravitzensis, Acrosmilia elongata, Acrosmilia flouesti, Acrosmilia fungina, Acrosmilia minima, Acrosmilia pironai, Acrosmilia precursor, Acrosmilia robusta, Acrosmilia separata, Acrosmilia soemmanni, Acrosmilia thrumanni, Acrosmilia thurmanni, Acrosmilia zitteli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Central Perseverancia, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in Cuba
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Central Perseverancia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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