Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218
Parent taxon: Latomeandridae according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Aggomorphastraea, Balkhanomeandra, Brachyseris, Comophyllia, Digitosmilia, Dimorphastrea, Ellipsocoenia, Fungiaphyllia, Fungiastraea, Latiastrea, Latomeandra, Loboseris, Microphyllia, Microphylliopsis, Mixastraea, Ovalastrea, Periseris, Thalamocaeniopsis, Thamnoseris, Trigerastraea, Trochoplegmopsis, Valliculastraea, Vallimeandra
Subtaxa: Collignonastraea grossouvrei Collignonastraea jumarensis Collignonastraea meandra Collignonastraea negusi Collignonastraea salinensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), China (1), Ethiopia (1), France (2), India (3), Iran (4), Jordan (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Slovenia (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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