†family Lyoporidae Kiaer 1930 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lyoporidae

Parent taxon: Lichenariida according to E. Klaamann 1966

Sister taxon: Lichenariidae

Subtaxa: Eofletcherinae Lyoporinae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Ordovician to Silurian of United States (1: Alaska)

• Ordovician of Australia (20), Canada (22: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (10), Estonia (4), Mongolia (2), Norway (10), the Russian Federation (28), the United Kingdom (1), United States (18: Alaska, California, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont)

• Chazy of Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec)

• Whiterockian of United States (5: California, Nevada, Utah)

Total: 129 collections including 182 occurrences

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