Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative combination: Latiastraea pakongensis
Full reference: W. Liao and J. Xia. 1985. Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Scleractinia from Bangoin District of northern Xizang (Tibet). Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 21:119-164
Belongs to Latiastrea according to W. Kiessling 2014
See also Liao and Xia 1985
Sister taxa: Latiastraea magna, Latiastrea baumbergeri, Latiastrea bendukidzeae, Latiastrea canavarii, Latiastrea foulassensis, Latiastrea gironensis, Latiastrea greppini, Latiastrea magna, Latiastrea minima, Latiastrea mucronata, Latiastrea paronai, Latiastrea pjtkovi, Latiastrea somaensis, Latiastrea valfinensis, Latiastrea variabilis, Latiastrea whitneyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baingoin region, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in the Pakong Formation of China
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Baingoin region
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