Aulocystis Schlüter 1885 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae

Parent taxon: Aulocystidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adaverina, Adetopora, Aulocystella, Aulostegites, Cystitrypanopora, Pachyphragma, Plexituba, Pseudoromingeria, Syringocystis, Metasinopora, Sinoporella, Rossopora

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Manitoba, Yukon collections), France (4), Germany (1), Morocco (3), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (102: Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Vietnam (1)

• Silurian of Japan (1), United States (1: New York)

Total: 122 collections including 144 occurrences

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