Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Parent taxon: Rhomboporidae according to S. Sakagami 2000
See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Isostylus, Klaucena, Lenapora, Lunostoma, Megacanthoporina, Pamirella, Pictatella, Primorella, Rhombopora
Subtaxa: Saffordotaxis elegans Saffordotaxis filigrana Saffordotaxis multispinata Saffordotaxis robustus Saffordotaxis stelliformis Saffordotaxis wanneri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (2), China (2), Indonesia (1), the Russian Federation (4)
• Carboniferous of France (1), Spain (1), United States (14: Indiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah)
• Devonian of Canada (22: Alberta), Iran (1)
• Silurian of Sweden (1)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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