Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Parent taxon: Hexagonellidae according to S. Sakagami 1995
See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Coscinium, Coscinotrypa, Dichotrypa, Etherella, Evactinopora, Evactinostella, Fistulamina, Galtopora, Glyptopora, Hexagonella, Meekoporella, Pakridictya, Phractopora, Planopora, Prismopora, Scalaripora
Subtaxa: Meekopora annulus Meekopora bifurcata Meekopora borealis Meekopora clara Meekopora columnaris Meekopora conjunctiva Meekopora delicata Meekopora densa Meekopora fungipora Meekopora incrassata Meekopora lunatifera Meekopora magna Meekopora magnusi Meekopora modesta Meekopora opima Meekopora parilis Meekopora polarica Meekopora prosseri Meekopora reniformis Meekopora serpalis Meekopora venusta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Bolivia (7), China (17), Japan (2), Mongolia (1), Peru (12), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), United States (14: Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, Texas, Utah)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Germany (1), Peru (2), United States (18: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
Total: 87 collections including 89 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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