Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Parent taxon: Halysitinae according to E. Klaamann 1966
See also Buehler 1955, Murray 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthohalysites, Cystihalysites, Falsicatenipora, Hexismia, Schedohalysites, Solenihalysites, Spumaeolites
Subtaxa: Catenipora communicans Halysites agglomerata Halysites amplitubata Halysites approximata Halysites attenuata Halysites australis Halysites brownsportensis Halysites catenularia Halysites catenularius Halysites cavernosa Halysites compactus Halysites cratus Halysites dichotoma Halysites dissimilis Halysites distans Halysites encrustans Halysites gamboolicus Halysites grandis Halysites harti Halysites hupehensis Halysites infundibuliformis Halysites jacovickii Halysites junior Halysites keyserlingi Halysites kuliki Halysites labyrinthica Halysites lata Halysites lithostrotionoides Halysites macrostoma Halysites magnitubus Halysites meandrina Halysites nexus Halysites nitida Halysites orthopteroides Halysites parallelus Halysites peristephesicus Halysites priscus Halysites pseudoorthopteroides Halysites pycnoblastoides Halysites radiatus Halysites regularis Halysites reticulata Halysites senior Halysites sextocatenatus Halysites simplex Halysites stenostoma Halysites sussmilchi Halysites taimyrica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection)
• Jaani of Estonia (5)
• Niagaran of United States (2: Indiana, Ohio)
• Silurian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (1), Canada (59: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (19), the Czech Republic (8), Estonia (11), India (5), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (10), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (21), Sweden (42), Turkey (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (70: Alaska, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin), Uzbekistan (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Belarus (1), Canada (16: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (2), Latvia (4), Lithuania (3), Mongolia (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 303 collections including 357 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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