Grewingkia Dybowski 1873 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Synonym: Kiaerophyllum Wedekind 1927

Parent taxon: Streptelasmatinae according to R. J. Elias 1985

See also Elias 1981, Hill 1953, Hill 1956, Kaljo 1958, Neuman 1969, Reiman 1958 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aknisophyllum, Archaeozaphrentis, Asthenophyllum, Axiphoria, Axolasma, Bighornia, Bowenelasma, Briantelasma, Densigrewingkia, Densiphrentis, Densiphyllum, Eurogrewingkia, Fosselasma, Kaljolasma, Kenophyllum, Kionelasma, Leolasma, Lobocorallium, Ogilvilasma, Parabrachyelasma, Paramplexoides, Pterophrentis, Pycnactoides, Rectigrewingkia, Salvadorea, Siphonolasma, Streptelasma, Triplophyllum, Ullernelasma

Subtaxa: Grewingkia alternata Grewingkia anguinea Grewingkia buceros Grewingkia canadensis Grewingkia compactum Grewingkia contexta Grewingkia crassa Grewingkia cuneata Grewingkia dentiseptata Grewingkia dilata Grewingkia dumosum Grewingkia equinum Grewingkia europaeum Grewingkia falcatum Grewingkia granosa Grewingkia hibernica Grewingkia injunctum Grewingkia kiaeri Grewingkia lamellosa Grewingkia neumani Grewingkia obichundensis Grewingkia parva Grewingkia robusta Grewingkia robustum Grewingkia rustica Grewingkia semilunatum Grewingkia voruense Grewingkia whitei Zaphrenthis haysii

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Type: Clisiophyllum buceros

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Australia (2 collections), Norway (1), United States (1: Ohio)

• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (69: Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec), China (3), Estonia (10), Mongolia (9), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), United States (82: Alaska, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 185 collections including 201 occurrences

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