Forolinia Nestor 1964 (stromatoporoid sponge)

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

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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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