Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative spelling: Vallimeadra
Parent taxon: Latomeandridae according to W. Kiessling 2003
See also Baron-Szabo 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aggomorphastraea, Balkhanomeandra, Brachyseris, Collignonastraea, Comophyllia, Digitosmilia, Dimorphastrea, Ellipsocoenia, Fungiaphyllia, Fungiastraea, Latiastrea, Latomeandra, Loboseris, Microphyllia, Microphylliopsis, Mixastraea, Ovalastrea, Periseris, Thalamocaeniopsis, Thamnoseris, Trigerastraea, Trochoplegmopsis, Valliculastraea
Subtaxa: Vallimeandra besairiei Vallimeandra brachyserioides Vallimeandra discontinua Vallimeandra explanata Vallimeandra fromenteli Vallimeandra mikaikarivensis Vallimeandra summostellae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), Germany (2), Madagascar (1), Switzerland (2)
• Jurassic of Madagascar (3)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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