Chasmatopora Eichwald 1860 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Phylloporinidae

Parent taxon: Phylloporinidae according to A. Jiménez-Sánchez 2009

See also Bassler 1911, Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bashkiriella, Carinophylloporina, Chasmatoporella, Iberofenestella, Oeciophylloporina, Pesnastylus, Phylloporina, Pseudohornera, Sardesonina, Subretepora, Trepostomina

Subtaxa: Chasmatopora foerstei Chasmatopora furcata Chasmatopora hypnoides Chasmatopora reticulata Chasmatopora tenella

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Type: Retepora tenella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the Russian Federation (2 collections), United States (36: New York)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Estonia (3), France (2), Italy (1), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1), Spain (6), United States (59: Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 116 collections including 118 occurrences

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