Meandrophyllia amedei Etallon and Thurmann 1864 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Alternative combinations: Microphyllia amedei, Thamnoseris amedei

Full reference: A. Etallon and J. Thurmann. 1864. Lethaea bruntrutana ou études paléontologiques et stratigraphiques sur les terrains jurassiques supérieurs du Jura bernois et en particulier des environs de Porrentruy (suite et fin). Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 20:356-580

Belongs to Meandrophyllia according to E. Roniewicz 1966

See also Geyer 1955

Sister taxa: 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, Latimoeandraraea corallina, Latimoeandraraea marcouana, Latimoeandraraea sulcata, Latimoeandraraea cotteaui, Latimoeandraraea cerebriformis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Czechia (1), Georgia (2), Poland (5), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (4), Spain (2)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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