Syringopora patula Hinde 1890 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae

Full reference: G. J. Hinde. 1890. Notes on the palaeontology of Western Australia 2. Corals and Polyzoa. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 7:194-204

Belongs to Syringopora according to G. J. Hinde 1890

Sister taxa: Syringopora aculeata, Syringopora bifurcata, Syringopora catenoides, Syringopora compacta, Syringopora hisingeri, Syringopora hladili, Syringopora indecora, Syringopora insueta, Syringopora lambei, Syringopora maclurii, Syringopora parva, Syringopora perelegans, Syringopora pila, Syringopora praehanshanensis, Syringopora reteformis, Syringopora ripsdorfense, Syringopora surcularia, Syringopora thecostegita, Syringopora tubifera

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gascoyne River, Devonian (BMNH collection), which is in a Frasnian coastal horizon in Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), France (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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