†family Lichenariidae Okulitch 1936 (tabulate coral)
Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lichenariidae
Parent taxon: Lichenariida according to Elias et al. 2007
See also Hill 1981
Sister taxon: Lyoporidae
Subtaxa: Lichenaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Quebec collections), United States (2: Vermont)
• Whiterockian of United States (7: California, Nevada)
• Ordovician of Australia (4), Canada (6: Ontario, Québec), China (2), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (23: California, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
• Canadian of United States (2: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 50 collections including 57 occurrences