Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1847. XXI. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(133):226-236
Belongs to Cladochonus according to W. G. H. Maxwell 1964
See also M'Coy 1847
Sister taxa: Cladochonus beecheri, Cladochonus carrascoi, Cladochonus crassus, Cladochonus magnus, Cladochonus nicholsoni, Cladochonus shawi, Cladochonus striatus, Cladochonus verrucatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in an Asbian marine siliciclastic in the Flagstaff Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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