Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288
Belongs to Dimorphastrea according to J. W. Wells 1933
Sister taxa: Dimorphastraea renevieri, Dimorphastraea triadica, Dimorphastrea bellula, Dimorphastrea composita, Dimorphastrea concentrica, Dimorphastrea conica, Dimorphastrea cosmanni, Dimorphastrea delaunayi, Dimorphastrea dubia, Dimorphastrea excavata, Dimorphastrea explanata, Dimorphastrea fallax, Dimorphastrea fungiformis, Dimorphastrea glomerata, Dimorphastrea grandiflora, Dimorphastrea heteromorpha, Dimorphastrea irradians, Dimorphastrea irregulare, Dimorphastrea lamellosa, Dimorphastrea mitodaensis, Dimorphastrea parvistella, Dimorphastrea petalophyes, Dimorphastrea radiata, Dimorphastrea ratshensis, Dimorphastrea regularis, Dimorphastrea scutellum, Dimorphastrea solida, Dimorphastrea speciosa, Dimorphastrea subturonensis, Dimorphastrea sulcosa, Dimorphastrea tendagurensis, Dimorphastrea tenuistriata, Dimorphastrea tenustriata, Dimorphastrea toucasi, Dimorphastrea udzlourensis, Dimorphastrea vasiformis, Dimorphastrea vaughani, Dimorphastrea waehneri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Manchaca, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Buda Limestone Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Manchaca
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