Meandrophyllia D'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Synonyms: Latimoeandraraea Fromentel 1856, Michelinaraea Alloiteau 1952, Uxacalcaraea Alloiteau 1957

Full reference: A. D'Orbigny. 1849. Note sur les polypiers fossiles. 3-12

Parent taxon: Meandrophylliinae according to E. Roniewicz 1976

See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2008, Baron-Szabo 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997, Wells 1944 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Brachymeandra, Dimorphastraeopsis

Subtaxa: Latimoeandraraea cerebriformis Latimoeandraraea corallina Latimoeandraraea cotteaui Latimoeandraraea marcouana Latimoeandraraea sulcata Meandrophyllia amedei Meandrophyllia cariacoensis Meandrophyllia corrugata Meandrophyllia greppini Meandrophyllia heberti Meandrophyllia lotharinga Meandrophyllia macroseriata Meandrophyllia meandriformis Meandrophyllia meandroides Meandrophyllia montezumae Meandrophyllia oceani Meandrophyllia plummeri Meandrophyllia steini Meandrophyllia textilis Meandrophyllia tomesi Meandrophyllia tuberosa Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis Meandrophyllia velamentosa

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Bulgaria (1), China (2), France (5), Georgia (2), Germany (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (7), Mexico (9), the Netherlands (4), Poland (1), Romania (3), Serbia (3), Spain (4), Venezuela (3)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Czechia (1), France (4), Georgia (2), Germany (1), Poland (5), Portugal (3), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (4), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (3)

Total: 87 collections including 102 occurrences

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