Cladochonus shawi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae

Full reference: E. C. Wilson and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1962. Rugose and tabulate corals from Permian rocks in the Ely Quadrangle, White Pine County, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 36:495-520

Belongs to Cladochonus according to E. C. Wilson and R. L. Langenheim 1962

Sister taxa: Cladochonus beecheri, Cladochonus carrascoi, Cladochonus crassus, Cladochonus magnus, Cladochonus nicholsoni, Cladochonus striatus, Cladochonus tenuicollis, Cladochonus verrucatus

Type specimen: UCMP 34666. Its type locality is UCMP B-6215, Water Canyon, which is in an Asselian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ferguson Mountain Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP B-6215, Water Canyon

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