Evactinopora Meek and Worthen 1865 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1865. Remarks on the Carboniferous and Cretaceous rocks of eastern Kansas and Nebraska. American Journal of Science, ser. 2 39:157-174

Parent taxon: Hexagonellidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953

See also Campbell and Engel 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coscinium, Coscinotrypa, Dichotrypa, Etherella, Evactinostella, Fistulamina, Galtopora, Glyptopora, Hexagonella, Meekopora, Meekoporella, Pakridictya, Phractopora, Planopora, Prismopora, Scalaripora

Subtaxa: Evactinopora incerta Evactinopora irregularis Evactinopora vesicularis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Australia (10 collections), Canada (3: Alberta), Germany (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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