Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Aplosmilia tolmachoffana, Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1932. Corals of the Trinity Group of the Comanchean of central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 6(3):225-256
Belongs to Phacellocoenia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009
See also Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
Sister taxa: Phacellocoenia bazerquei, Phacellocoenia thomkai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cranes Mill, Arctica roemeri beds, which is in an Albian shallow subtidal limestone in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (4 collections), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Texas), Venezuela (3)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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