''Conosmilia'' is an extinct genus of corals in the family
Flabellidae
Flabellidae is a Family (biology), family of marine corals. It consists of the following genus, genera:
* ''Blastotrochus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* †''Conosmilia'' Duncan 1865XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Au ...
. ''C. elegans'' is from the
Tertiary
Tertiary ( ) is a widely used but obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago.
The period began with the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, at the start ...
of South Australia (
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...
, Victoria, South Australia).
See also
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List of prehistoric hexacoral genera
This list of prehistoric hexacorals (Scleractinia) is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the hexacorallia which are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacular terms ...
References
Prehistoric Hexacorallia genera
Scleractinia genera
Flabellidae
Fossils of Australia
Cenozoic invertebrates
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