Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Parent taxon: Micheliniinae according to J. W. Murray 1985
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Beaumontia, Conopoterium, Cystodendropora, Cystomichelinia, Dendrozoum, Holacanthopora, Julfamichelinia, Kerforneidictyum, Michelinia, Petridictyum, Tabellaephyllum, Tectamichelinia
Subtaxa: Pleurodictyum subramosum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (2 collections), Mexico (1), United States (1: Georgia)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Algeria (1), Australia (19), Bolivia (4), Brazil (1), Canada (3: Ontario), China (1), Colombia (3), the Czech Republic (2), France (4), Germany (16), Luxembourg (2), New Zealand (4), South Africa (5), Spain (4), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (55: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee), Venezuela (4)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (4), Australia (5), Bolivia (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (6: Kentucky, Wisconsin)
Total: 154 collections including 180 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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