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Schizosmilia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Octocorallia
    Order:  
Scleractinia
    Suborder:  
Favina
    Superfamily:  
Stylophyllicae
    Family:  
Amphiastreidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Schizosmilia KOBY, 1888
    Type Species:  
S. excelsa


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Fossil Image
Fig. 291,3. *S. excelsa, U.Jur.(Sequan.), Switz., 3a, X0.5, 3b-e, X3 (71).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Jur.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Oxfordian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
161.53
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Jur.
    Ending International Stage:  
Tithonian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
143.1


Description

Like Donacosmilia but budding apparently intratentacular




References



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