Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Synonym: Ptilopora Agassiz 1846
Parent taxon: Acanthocladiidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocladiinae, Adlatipora, Baculopora, Diploporaria, Diploporariinae, Ichthyorachis, Matheropora, Polypora, Pteropora, Samaria, Synocladia, Synocladiopsis, Wjatkella, Paucipora, Polyporella, Mackinneyella, Parapolypora, Reteporidra, Pseudopolypora, Tibetiporella, Neopolypora, Protoretepora, Polyporellina
Subtaxa: Ptilopora disticha Ptylopora carinata Ptylopora gigantea Ptylopora konincki
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (4 collections), China (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Ireland (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (11: Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah)
• Devonian of Morocco (2), Spain (6), United States (2: Pennsylvania)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
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