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(Redirected from Conosmilia elegans) Extinct genus of corals

Conosmilia
Temporal range: 37.2–5.33 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Flabellidae
Genus: †Conosmilia
Duncan 1865
Species
  • †Conosmilia elegans Duncan 1865
  • †Conosmilia granulata Dennant, 1904
  • †Conosmilia stylifera Dennant, 1904

Conosmilia is an extinct genus of corals in the family Flabellidae. C. elegans is from the Tertiary of South Australia (Geelong, Victoria, South Australia).

See also

References

  1. XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. P. M. Duncan


Taxon identifiers
Conosmilia
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