Rhombopora Meek 1872 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae

Parent taxon: Rhomboporidae according to A. Ernst 2000

See also Bassler 1911 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Isostylus, Klaucena, Lenapora, Lunostoma, Megacanthoporina, Pamirella, Pictatella, Primorella, Saffordotaxis

Subtaxa: Rhombopora annulus Rhombopora bifurcata Rhombopora communis Rhombopora corticata Rhombopora cylindrica Rhombopora esthoniae Rhombopora filiformis Rhombopora granulata Rhombopora gratiosa Rhombopora hexagona Rhombopora hindei Rhombopora johnsvalleyensis Rhombopora kawabei Rhombopora lepidodendroides Rhombopora multigranulata Rhombopora nitidula Rhombopora optima Rhombopora ornata Rhombopora permiana Rhombopora picchuensis Rhombopora polyporata Rhombopora subtilis Rhombopora tenuis Rhombopora yanbianensis

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Type: Rhombopora lepidodendroides

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (8), Austria (1), Bolivia (15), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (9), India (1), Iran (5), Italy (1), Japan (1), Oman (9), Pakistan (1), Peru (9), the Russian Federation (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (100: Alaska, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)

• Virgilian of United States (6: Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Desmoinesian of United States (36: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma)

• Atokan of United States (1: New Mexico)

• Pennsylvanian of Australia (2), United States (4: New Mexico, Utah)

• Chesterian of United States (6: Idaho, Utah)

• Osagean of United States (8: Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia)

• Mississippian of United States (8: Alaska, Arizona, California, Indiana)

• Carboniferous of Bolivia (2), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (1), Ireland (4), Japan (1), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (12), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (151: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia)

• Devonian of Belarus (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (2), France (2), Morocco (4), the Russian Federation (2), United States (16: Montana, New York, Virginia)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2)

• Ordovician of Estonia (1)

Total: 466 collections including 493 occurrences

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