Phylloporina Foerste 1887 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Phylloporinidae

Parent taxon: Phylloporinidae according to A. Ernst and M. Carrera 2008

See also Bassler 1953, Bolton and Cuffey 2005, Ross 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Phylloporina angulata Phylloporina gracilis Phylloporina incepta Phylloporina kinnekullensis Phylloporina sassitoensis Phylloporina trentonensis

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Type: Retepora fenestrata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (10: New York)

• Chazyan of Canada (21: Quebec), United States (43: New York, Vermont, Virginia)

• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Spain (2), Sweden (4), United States (15: New York, Ohio, Tennessee)

Total: 97 collections including 99 occurrences

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