Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Alternative combination: Meandraraea meandriformis
Synonym: Thamnasteria hideshimaensis Eguchi 1951
Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149
Belongs to Meandrophyllia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009
See also Eguchi 1951 and Morycowa 1971
Sister taxa: Meandrophyllia amedei, Meandrophyllia cariacoensis, Meandrophyllia corrugata, Meandrophyllia greppini, Meandrophyllia heberti, Meandrophyllia lotharinga, Meandrophyllia macroseriata, Meandrophyllia meandroides, Meandrophyllia montezumae, Meandrophyllia oceani, Meandrophyllia plummeri, Meandrophyllia steini, Meandrophyllia textilis, Meandrophyllia tomesi, Meandrophyllia tuberosa, Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis, Meandrophyllia velamentosa
Type specimens:
- Meandrophyllia meandriformis: Its type locality is Valea Seaca, Rarau area, NE Romania, which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal marl in Romania
- Thamnasteria hideshimaensis: Its type locality is Hideshima, Sakiyama-mura, Hiraiga Sandstone, which is in an Aptian perireef or subreef sandstone in the Hiraiga Sandstone Formation of Japan.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections), Mexico (2), Romania (1), Spain (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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