†family Fletcheriidae Zittel 1876 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae

Parent taxon: Cystiphyllida according to D. Hill 1981

Sister taxa: Cystiphyllidae, Digonophyllidae, Goniophyllidae, Holmophyllidae, Palaeocyclidae, Tryplasmatidae

Subtaxa: Fletcheria Parafletcheria

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (1 collection), Morocco (1), United States (1: New York)

• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (9: British Columbia), China (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Alaska, Illinois, Virginia)

• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (2: New York)

• Ordovician of Australia (1), China (1), United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences

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