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Latomeandridae

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Microphyllia sp.

Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Microphyllia sp.

Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Microphyllia sp.

Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3250217	https://www.gbif.org/species/3250217
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	53610	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53610

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Latomeandridae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Microsolenina	Morycowa and Roniewicz 1995
family	Latomeandridae	Alloiteau 1952

Scientific Name

Latomeandridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Latomeandridae	family	belongs to Fungiina	stated with evidence	Beauvais, 1986
Latomeandridae	family	belongs to Microsolenina	stated without evidence	Turnsek, 1997
Latomeandridae	family	belongs to Microsolenina	stated with evidence	Löser and Ferry, 2006

Taxon Size (PBDB)

223

First Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder

Reproduction

asexual

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scleractinia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aggomorphastraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Astraeofungia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Brachyphyllia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	20.4 Ma Miocene
Brachyseris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	190 Ma Early Jurassic	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Collignonastraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	191 Ma Early Jurassic	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Comophyllia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	191 Ma Early Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Digitosmilia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Dimorphastrea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		147	190 Ma Early Jurassic	23.0 Ma Miocene
Favia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	161 Ma Jurassic	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Fungiastraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		144	176 Ma Early Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Latiastrea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		85	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Latimaeandra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latomeandra ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		97	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	23.0 Ma Miocene
Loboseris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microphyllia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		190	197 Ma Early Jurassic	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microphylliopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Mixastraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	161 Ma Jurassic	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ovalastrea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		134	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Periseris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		70	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thamnoseris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		68	176 Ma Early Jurassic	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trochoplegmopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	161 Ma Jurassic	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Valliculastraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Vallimeandra ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Latomeandriidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Latomeandriidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1952	Latomeandridae Alloiteau
1986	Latomeandriidae Beauvais
1997	Latomeandridae Turnsek
2003	Latomeandridae Baron-Szabo et al.
2006	Latomeandridae Löser and Ferry p. 483

References

Beauvais L. (1986) Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco), Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194 1-3, 1-68

Turnsek D. (1997) Mesozoic corals of Slovenia, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, 1-512

Baron-Szabo R. C., Hamedani A., et al (2003) Scleractinian corals from Lower Cretaceous deposits north of Esfahan (central Iran), Facies 48, 199-216

Löser H., Ferry S. (2006) Coraux du Barrémien du Sud de la France (Ardèche et Drôme), Géobios 39, 469-489

Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Data - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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