Eofletcheria Bassler 1950 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lyoporidae

Parent taxon: Lyoporinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1953, Klaamann 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Baikitolites, Lyopora, Nyctopora, Reuschia, Septentrionites, Trabeculites, Transitolites, Vacuopora

Subtaxa: Eofletcheria incerta Eofletcheria irregularis Eofletcheria kearsargensis Eofletcheria orvikui Eofletcheria sculpta Eofletcheria subparallela

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Type: Eofletcheria incerta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (12 collections), Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (6), Estonia (3), Norway (8), the Russian Federation (6), United States (2: California)

• Chazy of Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec)

• Whiterockian of United States (5: California, Nevada, Utah)

Total: 50 collections including 52 occurrences

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