Lophophorata - Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Parent taxon: Cornulitidae according to R. Zhan and O. Vinn 2007
See also Fisher 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Conchicolites, Coralloconchus, Cornulitella, Kolihaia, Porkuniconchus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of China (1 collection), United States (32: Alabama, Montana, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Alberta), the Czech Republic (2), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), South Africa (1), United States (7: Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (6: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario), Estonia (1), Ireland (2), Mexico (2), Norway (1), Poland (1), Sweden (11), the United Kingdom (14), United States (33: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec), China (2), the Czech Republic (3), Estonia (18), France (1), Norway (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (86: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 242 collections including 252 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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