Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Parent taxon: Paleofavositinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Klaamann 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Saffordophyllum
Subtaxa: Mesofavosites alveolitoides Mesofavosites bonus Mesofavosites dualis Mesofavosites fleximurinus Mesofavosites fortis Mesofavosites imbellis Mesofavosites inferior Mesofavosites kiltsiensis Mesofavosites major Mesofavosites multiporus Mesofavosites obliquus Mesofavosites pulchrum Mesofavosites secundus Mesofavosites silicificatus Mesofavosites similis Mesofavosites validus
Type: Mesofavosites dualis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (1 collection), Japan (2)
• Silurian of Belarus (2), China (26), Estonia (32), Mongolia (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (36), Ukraine (7), United States (9: Alaska)
• Ordovician of China (3), Estonia (2), the Russian Federation (11), United States (3: Alaska)
Total: 140 collections including 185 occurrences
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