Disporella (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae

Parent taxon: Lichenoporidae according to S. S. Brezina et al. 2021

See also Bassler 1953, Di Martino and Taylor 2014, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Smith et al. 2006 and Zágoršek and Kroh 2003

Sister taxa: Actinotaxia, Conocavea, Cuvilliera, Favosipora, Flosculipora, Lichenopora, Multigalea, Orosopora, Patinella, Radiocavaria, Stellocavea, Trochiliopora

Subtaxa: Disporella confluens Disporella discoidea

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection), Italy (2), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Greece (1)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (12), Indonesia (3), Romania (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (3)

• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1)

Total: 27 collections including 34 occurrences

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