Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Petaloporidae
Full reference: W. Lonsdale. 1850. Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation. Notes on the corals. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex 237-324
Parent taxon: Petaloporidae according to K. Zágoršek and A. Kroh 2003
See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atagma, Bivestis, Cavarinella, Choristopetalum, Coelocochlea, Filicrisina, Grammanotosoecia, Grammascosoecia, Hemicellaria, Laterocavea, Multicavea, Multizonopora, Reteporidea, Sparsicavea, Sulcocava
Subtaxa: Petalopora concinna Petalopora pulchella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), France (7), Germany (4)
Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences
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