Grewingkia dilata Elias 1981 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Full reference: R.J. Elias. 1981. Solitary rugose corals of the Selkirk Member, Red River Formation (upper Middle or Upper Ordovician), southern Manitoba. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada 344:1-53

Belongs to Grewingkia according to R.J. Elias 1981

Sister taxa: Grewingkia alternata, Grewingkia anguinea, Grewingkia buceros, Grewingkia canadensis, Grewingkia compactum, Grewingkia contexta, Grewingkia crassa, Grewingkia cuneata, Grewingkia dentiseptata, Grewingkia dumosum, Grewingkia equinum, Grewingkia europaeum, Grewingkia falcatum, Grewingkia granosa, Grewingkia hibernica, Grewingkia injunctum, Grewingkia kiaeri, Grewingkia lamellosa, Grewingkia neumani, Grewingkia obichundensis, Grewingkia parva, Grewingkia robusta, Grewingkia robustum, Grewingkia rustica, Grewingkia semilunatum, Grewingkia voruense, Grewingkia whitei, Zaphrenthis haysii

Type specimen: GSC 60716. Its type locality is Red River Formation, Selkirk Member, Garson, Manitoba corals, which is in a Maysvillian/Richmondian open shallow subtidal wackestone/packstone in the Red River Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Red River Formation, Selkirk Member, Garson, Manitoba corals

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