Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Alternative combination: Fenestella ampla
Full reference: W. Lonsdale. 1844. Description of six species of corals from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Diemen's Land. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle 161-169
Belongs to Protoretepora according to R. E. Wass 1968
See also Crockford 1944, Lonsdale 1844, Reed 1932 and Wass 1967
Sister taxa: Protoretepora haimeana, Protoretepora huadianensis, Protoretepora irregularis, Protoretepora jabiensis, Protoretepora komichensis, Protoretepora koninckii, Protoretepora lamellata, Protoretepora localis, Protoretepora mutabilis, Protoretepora undulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Southern Van Diemen's Land (Porter Hill shoreline), which is in a Sakmarian marine siltstone/limestone in the Bundella Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (12 collections), India (5), United States (7: Texas)
• Carboniferous of India (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
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