Anthozoa - Stauriida - Durhaminidae
Synonym: Pararachnastraea Stevens and Rycerski 1989 [objective synonym]
Full reference: C. H. Stevens and B. Rycerski. 1989. Early Permian colonial rugose corals from the Stikine River area, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 63(2):158-181
Parent taxon: Durhaminidae according to C. H. Stevens and P. Stone 2009
See also Novack-Gottshall 2022 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cordillerastraea, Durhamina, Iskutella, Malpaisia, Minatoa, Pamirophyllum, Protodurhamina, Pseudocystophora, Sandolasma, Tanbaella, Yabeiphyllum
Subtaxa: Pararachnastraea amsburyi Pararachnastraea bellula Pararachnastraea delicata Pararachnastraea dyeri Pararachnastraea gracilis Pararachnastraea illipahensis Pararachnastraea integrata Pararachnastraea kabyaiensis Pararachnastraea klamathensis Pararachnastraea lewisi Pararachnastraea lyallensis Pararachnastraea mckibbinae Pararachnastraea moormanensis Pararachnastraea owensensis Pararachnastraea peggyae Pararachnastraea stylidophylloides Pararachnastraea tschernyschewi Pararachnastraea watkinsi Pararachnastraea wilsoni
Type: Pararachnastraea lewisi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (14: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), Mexico (2), United States (48: Alaska, California, Nevada)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: California)
Total: 65 collections including 70 occurrences
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