Cornwallatia Hoare 1966 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Gorskyitidae

Synonym: Cornwallia Hoare 1964 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 1966. New name for Cornwallia Hoare, 1964; and a new species of Bayhaium from Northern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 40(1):148-150

Parent taxon: Gorskyitidae according to E. C. Wilson 1994

See also Hoare 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gorskyites, Meitanopora

Subtaxa: Cornwallatia tabularia

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Wolfcamp of United States (1: Nevada collection)

• Permian of United States (5: California, Nevada)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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