Prasopora Nicholson and Etheridge 1877 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae

Parent taxon: Monticuliporidae according to A. Jiménez-Sánchez et al. 2015

See also Adamcyzk and Pachut 2013, Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acantholaminatus, Aspidopora, Atactoporella, Dittoporinae, Gortanipora, Homotrypa, Homotrypella, Mesotrypa, Monticulipora, Orbignyella, Peronopora, Peronoporella, Prasoporina

Subtaxa: Prasopora falesi Prasopora grayae

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Type: Prasopora grayae

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (2: Georgia, Indiana collections)

• Dobrotivian of France (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Australia (5), Canada (16: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), France (3), India (1), Italy (1), Morocco (3), the United Kingdom (21), United States (210: Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Minnesota, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa)

Total: 265 collections including 276 occurrences

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