Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Full reference: R. W. Bretnall. 1926. Descriptions of some Western Australian fossil Polyzoa. Bulletin of Western Australia Geological Survey 88:7-33
Belongs to Rhombopora according to S. Sakagami 1973
See also Bretnall 1926 and Crockford 1944
Sister taxa: Rhombopora annulus, Rhombopora bifurcata, Rhombopora communis, Rhombopora corticata, Rhombopora cylindrica, Rhombopora esthoniae, Rhombopora filiformis, Rhombopora granulata, Rhombopora gratiosa, Rhombopora hexagona, Rhombopora hindei, Rhombopora johnsvalleyensis, Rhombopora kawabei, Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Rhombopora nitidula, Rhombopora optima, Rhombopora ornata, Rhombopora permiana, Rhombopora picchuensis, Rhombopora polyporata, Rhombopora subtilis, Rhombopora tenuis, Rhombopora yanbianensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Marmion (Maitland coll), which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Noonkanbah Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Thailand (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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