†family Gorskyitidae Lin 1963 (tabulate coral)
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Gorskyitidae
Parent taxon: Syringoporicae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Chonostegitidae, Multithecoporidae, Periphaceloporidae, Roemeriidae, Syringoporidae, Tetraporellidae, Thecostegitidae
Subtaxa: Cornwallatia Gorskyites Meitanopora
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (6: California, Nevada collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence