Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Parent taxon: Micheliniinae according to J. W. Murray 1985
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Beaumontia, Conopoterium, Cystodendropora, Cystomichelinia, Dendrozoum, Holacanthopora, Julfamichelinia, Kerforneidictyum, Michelinia, Petridictyum, Tabellaephyllum, Tectamichelinia
Subtaxa: Pleurodictyum dunbari Pleurodictyum nevadensis Pleurodictyum subramosum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Czechia (2 collections), Mexico (1), United States (2: Georgia, Texas)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Algeria (1), Australia (19), Bolivia (5), Brazil (1), Canada (3: Ontario), China (1), Colombia (3), Czechia (3), France (4), Germany (17), Luxembourg (2), New Zealand (4), South Africa (5), Spain (4), Tajikistan (1), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (57: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee), Venezuela (4)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (4), Australia (5), Bolivia (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (6: Kentucky, Wisconsin)
Total: 160 collections including 187 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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