Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Parent taxon: Latomeandriidae according to L. Beauvais 1986
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Aggomorphastraea, Balkhanomeandra, Collignonastraea, Comophyllia, Digitosmilia, Dimorphastrea, Ellipsocoenia, Fungiaphyllia, Fungiastraea, Latiastrea, Latomeandra, Loboseris, Microphyllia, Microphylliopsis, Mixastraea, Ovalastrea, Periseris, Thalamocaeniopsis, Thamnoseris, Trigerastraea, Trochoplegmopsis, Valliculastraea, Vallimeandra
Subtaxa: Brachyseris besairiei Brachyseris chellalensis Brachyseris curtata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2), France (4), India (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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