Catenipora Lamarck 1816 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae

Alternative spelling: Halysites (Catenipora)

Parent taxon: Cateniporinae according to E. Klaamann 1966

See also Merriam 1972, Murray 1985 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eocatenipora, Quepora

Subtaxa: Catenipora aequabilis Catenipora agglomeratiformis Catenipora arctica Catenipora capilliformis Catenipora chillagoensis Catenipora clausa Catenipora copulata Catenipora crassaeformis Catenipora delicatulus Catenipora elegans Catenipora escharoides Catenipora foerstei Catenipora gotlandica Catenipora gracilis Catenipora huronensis Catenipora irregularis Catenipora maxima Catenipora microporus Catenipora minimus Catenipora nicholsoni Catenipora obliqua Catenipora panga Catenipora pulchellus Catenipora quadrata Catenipora quebecensis Catenipora rassmusseni Catenipora robusta Catenipora rubraeformis Catenipora sapporiensis Catenipora septosa Catenipora sheehani Catenipora sindoensis Catenipora tapaensis Catenipora tractabilis Catenipora vespertina Catenipora workmanae Catenipora wrighti

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Type: Catenipora escharoides

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Clinton of Canada (5: British Columbia collections)

• Silurian of Canada (20: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (6), Estonia (28), Mongolia (2), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (20), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (8), Turkey (1), United States (20: Alaska, California, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (3: British Columbia, Québec), United States (1: Alaska)

• Ordovician of Australia (4), Canada (61: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (23), Estonia (35), Kazakhstan (1), Latvia (1), Mongolia (2), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (23), United States (25: Alaska, California, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 294 collections including 358 occurrences

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