Litharaeopsis Beauvais 1982 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Synonym: Larisolena Eliasova 1995

Parent taxon: Comoseridae according to S.D. Cairns et al. 2010

See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2016, Eliasova 1995 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Araiophyllum, Chomatoseris, Dactylaraea, Dendraraea, Dermoseris, Dimorpharaea, Disaraea, Eocomoseris, Genabacia, Kobya, Microsolena, Microsolenastraea, Mycetaraea, Partimeandra, Semeloseris, Tricycloseris, Trocharea, Trochoplegma, Hydnophoromeandraraea, Comoseris

Subtaxa: Larisolena bona Litharaeopsis fontainei

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Myanmar (1), Thailand (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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