Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Alternative spelling: Latusastraea
Parent taxon: Heterocoeniidae according to W. Kiessling 2008
See also Götz et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Acanthogyra, Canleria, Castiglionastrea, Confusaforma, Elasmocoenia, Heterocoenia, Heterosmilia, Hexasmiliopsis, Pachythecophyllia, Styloheterocoenia
Subtaxa: Latusastrea alveolaris Latusastrea decipiens Latusastrea exiguis Latusastrea irregularis Latusastrea polygonalis Latusastrea provincialis
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (2), France (3), Georgia (2), Germany (1), Greece (2), Japan (7), Mexico (4), Poland (4), Romania (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2), Germany (3), Poland (1), Portugal (1)
Total: 49 collections including 58 occurrences
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