Lonsdaleia McCoy 1849 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae

Parent taxon: Lonsdaleiidae according to W. J. Sando 1983

See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Lonsdaleiinae, Thysanophyllum

Subtaxa: Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus) Lonsdaleia (Waagenella) Lonsdaleia duplicata Lonsdaleia fennemai

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Type: Madreporites duplicatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Indonesia (2), United States (4: Alaska)

• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nunavut), China (3), France (2), Ireland (4), Japan (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (7: Alaska)

Total: 48 collections including 63 occurrences

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