Platonea Canu and Bassler 1920 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Tubuliporidae

Parent taxon: Tubuliporidae according to E. HÃ¥kansson et al. 2024

See also Bassler 1953, Brezina et al. 2021, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Lee et al. 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bicrisina, Biidmonea, Biretepora, Bitubigera, Centronea, Clavicava, Clavitubigera, Crisinella, Crisisina, Erkosonea, Exidmonea, Idmidronea, Idmonella, Mesonea, Multitubigera, Pergensella, Pleuronea, Radiocavea, Retecava, Semiclausa, Semitubigera, Tennysonia, Tretonea, Tubulipora, Zagorsekia, Protocrisina

Subtaxa: Platonea dilatata Platonea sagitta

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (5), France (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (2)

Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences

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