Bythopora Miller and Dyer 1878 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Batostomellidae

Parent taxon: Batostomellidae according to A. Ernst and M. Carrera 2012

See also Bassler 1911, Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Batostomella, Batostomellina, Callotrypa, Canutrypa, Geinitzella, Lioclemella, Trematella

Subtaxa: Bythopora fruticosa Bythopora subgracilis

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Type: Bythopora fruticosa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (1: New York collection)

• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (2: Ontario), Estonia (1), France (2), United States (48: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 55 collections including 65 occurrences

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