Nematopora Ulrich 1888 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae

Alternative spelling: Neamatopora

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

See also Bassler 1911, Brood 1978, Sepkoski 2002 and Wyse Jackson 1996

Sister taxa: Arthroclema, Arthrostyloecia, Arthrostylus, Arthrotrypa, Cuneatopora, Glauconome, Glauconomella, Heloclema, Helopora, Heminematopora, Hemiulrichostylus, Hexites, Moyerella, Nematoporella, Paracuneatopora, Permoheloclema, Pseudonematopora, Sceptropora, Ulrichostylus

Subtaxa: Neamatopora sublineata Nematopora afghana Nematopora consueta Nematopora fragilis Nematopora hibernica Nematopora lineata Nematopora ovalis Nematopora sublineata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (1 collection), United States (1: Washington)

• Carboniferous of France (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Indiana, Tennessee)

• Devonian of Germany (7)

• Silurian of Belarus (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1), United States (8: New York)

• Chazyan of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Nunavut, Ontario), Estonia (4), France (1), Italy (1), Mongolia (1), Norway (2), Sweden (9), United States (7: Minnesota, New York, Tennessee)

Total: 61 collections including 63 occurrences

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