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Vallimeandra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy

Vallimeandra was named by Alloiteau (1957).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Latomeandridae by Kiessling (2003).

Species

V. besairiei, V. brachyserioides, V. discontinua, V. explanata, V. fromenteli, V. mikaikarivensis, V. summostellae

Species lacking formal opinion data

V. bayeri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1957	Vallimeandra Alloiteau
2002	Vallimeadra Sepkoski
2003	Vallimeandra Kiessling

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Microsolenina	Morycowa and Roniewicz 1995
family	Latomeandridae	Alloiteau 1952
genus	Vallimeandra	Alloiteau 1957

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Vallimeandra Alloiteau 1957

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†Vallimeandra besairiei Alloiteau 1958

†Vallimeandra brachyserioides Alloiteau 1958

†Vallimeandra discontinua Gregory 1900

†Vallimeandra explanata Fromentel 1857

†Vallimeandra fromenteli Boelsche 1871

†Vallimeandra mikaikarivensis Alloiteau 1958

†Vallimeandra summostellae Alloiteau 1958

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yesf

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-01-28 06:50:30

Modified:

2008-01-28 08:50:30

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Coniacian or 168.20000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Madagascar (Toliara)	V. brachyserioides (86409) V. mikaikarivensis (86420)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian	168.2 - 161.5	Madagascar (Toliara)	V. discontinua (86479)
Late/Upper Berriasian	139.1 - 137.05	Switzerland	V. explanata (192209)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 119.57	Switzerland	V. sp. (72040)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	V. fromenteli (94265)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany	V. fromenteli (74193)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Azerbaijan (Qubadli)	V. besairiei (86683)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian	93.9 - 85.7	Austria	V. bayeri (27296)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Madagascar (Mahajanga)	V. besairiei, V. summostellae (86510)