Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative combination: Baryphyllia crassa
Full reference: A. Étallon. 1859. Etudes paléontologiques sur le Haut-Jura. Rayonnés du Corallien. Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du département du Doubs 3(3):401-553
Belongs to Ovalastrea according to Beauvais 1964
Sister taxa: Ovalastraea cesaredensis, Ovalastraea heckeri, Ovalastrea bihinensis, Ovalastrea caryophylloides, Ovalastrea collignoni, Ovalastrea cretacea, Ovalastrea dubia, Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis, Ovalastrea lobata, Ovalastrea michelini, Ovalastrea pecosensis, Ovalastrea plicata, Ovalastrea polygonalis, Ovalastrea proeminens, Ovalastrea pseudolorioli, Ovalastrea recki, Ovalastrea regularis, Ovalastrea tenuistriata, Ovalastrea urgonica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (3 collections), Greece (1), Spain (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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