Caninia Michelin 1840 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae

Parent taxon: Cyathopsidae according to Z. Luo et al. 2022

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arctophyllum, Crataniophyllum, Dagmaraephyllum, Ferganophyllum, Humboldtia, Kakwiphyllum, Kusbassophyllum, Lithodrumus, Lublinophyllum, Melanophyllum, Menophyllum, Preisingerella, Pseudozaphrentoides, Ruteha, Siphonophyllia, Skolekophyllum

Subtaxa: Caninia complexa Caninia corniculum Caninia cornucopiae Caninia lingwuensis Caninia mansuyi Caninia mapingensis Caninia minima Caninia montanensis Caninia ovibos Caninia tabulata Caninia torquia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Bolivia (1 collection), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (9), Guatemala (1), Laos (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (3: Nevada), Vietnam (2)

• Carboniferous to Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (8: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (6), France (1), Ireland (6), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (84), United States (72: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Devonian of Australia (1), China (2), Kazakhstan (1), United States (6: Montana, and Wyoming, New Mexico, New York)

Total: 225 collections including 256 occurrences

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