Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Parent taxon: Lyoporidae according to E. Klaamann 1966
See also Murray 1985
Sister taxon: Eofletcherinae
Subtaxa: Baikitolites Eofletcheria Lyopora Nyctopora Reuschia Septentrionites Trabeculites Transitolites Vacuopora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (5: California, Nevada, Utah)
• Chazyan of Canada (7: Ontario, Quebec), United States (1: Vermont)
• Ordovician to Silurian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Ordovician of Australia (20), Canada (20: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (10), Estonia (4), Mongolia (2), Norway (10), the Russian Federation (28), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: Alaska, California, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 129 collections including 182 occurrences