Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Full reference: W. King. 1849. On some families and genera of corals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 3:388-390
Parent taxon: Acanthocladiidae according to D.V. Lisitsyn and A. Ernst 2004
See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocladiinae, Adlatipora, Baculopora, Diploporaria, Diploporariinae, Ichthyorachis, Matheropora, Polypora, Pteropora, Ptylopora, Samaria, Synocladiopsis, Reteporidra, Pseudopolypora, Wjatkella, Parapolypora, Paucipora, Polyporellina, Mackinneyella, Protoretepora, Tibetiporella, Polyporella, Neopolypora
Subtaxa: Synocladia dubia Synocladia geometrica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), China (3), Germany (11), India (1), Iran (1), Laos (1), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (7), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (27), United States (4: Texas)
Total: 60 collections including 69 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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