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Latomeandra ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4880065	https://www.gbif.org/species/4880065
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6552	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6552

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : Latomeandra

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Latomeandridae : Latomeandra

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
genus	Latomeandra	Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849

Scientific Name

Latomeandra Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849

Name Published In

Ann. Sci. Nat. [3] (Zool.), 11

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Latomeandra	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	stated with evidence	Laube, 1865
Latomeandra	genus	belongs to Latomeandridae	stated with evidence	Roniewicz, 1976
Latomeandra	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Latomeandridae)

Reproduction

asexual (based on Latomeandridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scleractinia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Calamophyllia ramosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chorisastrea delemontana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chorisastrea dubia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chorisastrea fromenteli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chorisastrea richei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Isastrea eucystis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latimaeandra alaskana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Latimaeandra benoisti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Latimaeandra eucystis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Latimaeandra meyeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Latimaeandra polymorpha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Latomaeandra labyrinthica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Latomeandra alpina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latomeandra delemontana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Latomeandra dubia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Latomeandra elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latomeandra fromenteli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latomeandra juettneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	152 Ma Late Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latomeandra mayeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Latomeandra minor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latomeandra mitodaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	152 Ma Late Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Latomeandra montezumae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latomeandra obliqua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latomeandra plicata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		19	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Latomeandra ramosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		15	176 Ma Early Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Latomeandra richei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Latomeandra somaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Latomeandra steini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Latomeandra thurmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latomeandra tosaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	152 Ma Late Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Latomeandra tulae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lithodendron plicatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Maeandrina labyrinthica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Chorisastrea Fromentel, 1861	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : *Chorisastrea*
Latimaeandra Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : *Latimaeandra*
Latomaeandra Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Calamophylliidae : *Latomaeandra*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1849	Latomeandra Milne-Edwards and Haime
1857	Latimaeandra Milne-Edwards and Haime
1861	Chorisastrea Fromentel
1865	Latomaeandra Laube p. 40
1976	Latomeandra Roniewicz
2002	Latomeandra Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Laube G. C. , Die Fauna der Schichten von St. Cassian: Ein Beitrag zur Paläontologie der Alpinen Trias. II. Abtheilung. Spongitarien, Corallen, Echiniden und Crinoiden, 1-76

Roniewicz E. (1976) Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie, Palaeontologia Polonica 34, 17-121

Ann. Sci. Nat. [3] (Zool.), 11 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - 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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