Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Synonym: Parnassomeandra Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
Full reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107
Parent taxon: Euphylliinae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2009, Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Rennensismilia
Subtaxa: Parnassomeandra steuberi Tortoflabellum compressum Tortoflabellum diacantoniae Tortoflabellum elatum Tortoflabellum flemingi Tortoflabellum marwicki
Type: Tortoflabellum flemingi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (4)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (9), Greece (4), Jamaica (1)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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