Dimorphomeandra Alloiteau 1958 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae

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: Dermosmiliidae according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003

See also Roniewicz 1976

Sister taxa: Calamophylliopsis, Dermosmilia, Epistreptophyllum, Epistreptum, Stibastrea, Truncoconus

Subtaxa: Dimorphomeandra besairiei Dimorphomeandra convexa Dimorphomeandra extensa Dimorphomeandra iranensis

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Type: Dimorphomeandra besairiei

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Czechia (2 collections), Madagascar (1)

• Jurassic of Iran (3), Romania (1)

Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences

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