Conularia Miller 1820 (jellyfish)

Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae

Alternative spelling: Conularis

Synonyms: Conularia (Plectoconularia) Boucek 1939 [objective synonym], Plectoconularia Boucek 1939 [objective synonym], Yangoconularia Xu and Li 1985

Parent taxon: Conulariinae according to E. A. Weldon and G. R. Shi 2003

See also Babcock et al. 1990, Conway Morris and Menge 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Zavodowsky 1968

Sister taxa: Diconularia, Palaenigma

Subtaxa: Conularia (Conularia) Conularia acutilirata Conularia anuiensis Conularia clarkei Conularia crenulata Conularia crustula Conularia kolymaensis Conularia miseneri Conularia missouriensis Conularia paraguayensis Conularia porcella Conularia quadrisulcata Conularia splendida Conularia triangulata

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Type: Conularia quadrisulcata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (3 collections)

• Permian of Australia (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Madagascar (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: Wyoming)

• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Canada (1: Alberta), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Oklahoma)

• Devonian of Algeria (1), Australia (1), Brazil (8), Canada (7: Alberta, Quebec), Chile (1), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (3), South Africa (7), United States (17: Missouri, Nevada, New York)

• Silurian of Argentina (1), Australia (4), Brazil (1), Canada (1: Ontario), China (1), the Czech Republic (5), Jordan (2), Paraguay (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (24: Indiana, Maryland, New York)

• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1)

• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)

• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (5: New York)

• Arenig of United States (1: Montana)

• Klabava of the Czech Republic (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (15: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), China (1), the Czech Republic (4), Sweden (5), United States (34: California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

Total: 187 collections including 207 occurrences

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