†Forolinia Nestor 1964 (stromatoporoid sponge)
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Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Rosenellidae
Alternative spelling: Forolina
Parent taxon: Rosenellidae according to H. Nestor et al. 2010
See also Nestor 1964, Nestor and Nestor 1977, Novack-Gottshall 2025, Sepkoski 2002 and Steam et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Cystostroma, Pachystylostroma, Pseudostylodictyon, Rosenella
Subtaxa: Forolinia brevis Forolinia implana Forolinia laminaris Forolinia lenticularis Forolinia lineata Forolinia pachyphylla Forolinia paka
Type: Rosenella pachyphylla
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (10: Quebec collections), Estonia (8)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
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