Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Parent taxon: Lyoporinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1953, Pandolfi 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Baikitolites, Eofletcheria, Lyopora, Reuschia, Septentrionites, Trabeculites, Transitolites, Vacuopora
Subtaxa: Nyctopora multa Nyctopora mutabilis Nyctopora nondescripta Nyctopora parvotubulata Nyctopora vantuyli
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Vermont)
• Ordovician of Australia (13), Canada (6: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (4), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (24), United States (5: Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 56 collections including 66 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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