Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative combination: Astrea caryophylloides
Belongs to Ovalastrea according to O. F. Geyer 1955
Sister taxa: Ovalastraea cesaredensis, Ovalastraea heckeri, Ovalastrea bihinensis, Ovalastrea collignoni, Ovalastrea crassa, Ovalastrea cretacea, Ovalastrea dubia, Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis, Ovalastrea lobata, Ovalastrea michelini, Ovalastrea pecosensis, Ovalastrea plicata, Ovalastrea polygonalis, Ovalastrea proeminens, Ovalastrea pseudolorioli, Ovalastrea recki, Ovalastrea regularis, Ovalastrea tenuistriata, Ovalastrea urgonica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Iran (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (4), Poland (3), Portugal (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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