Genus Icaunhelia Beauvais, 1958

Icaunhelia Beauvais, 1958: 621 .

Archaeosmilia Melnikova, 1975a: 110 .

SPECIES ORIGINALLY INCLUDED. — Icaunhelia michelini Beauvais, 1958 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Icaunhelia michelini Beauvais, 1958, by original designation (Beauvais 1958: 621, pl. 32b, fig. 1, 2).

REMARK

We decide to merge the Liassic genus Archaeosmilia Melnikova, 1975 with the Oxfordian genus Icaunhelia Beauvais, 1958 because only their age allows a distinction. According to the ICZN 1999: art. 40.1, the family name Archaeosmiliidae is preserved.