Syringopora bifurcata Lonsdale 1839 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae

Full reference: W. Lonsdale. 1839. Corals. The Silurian System 2:675-694

Belongs to Syringopora according to G. Young and J. Noble 1987

See also Lonsdale 1839 and Northrop 1939

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (2: Quebec collections), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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