Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Parent taxon: Polyporidae according to S. Sakagami and A. Pillevuit 1997
See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocladiinae, Adlatipora, Baculopora, Diploporaria, Diploporariinae, Ichthyorachis, Matheropora, Polypora, Pteropora, Ptylopora, Samaria, Synocladia, Synocladiopsis, Parapolypora, Mackinneyella, Wjatkella, Polyporella, Neopolypora, Tibetiporella, Polyporellina, Paucipora, Reteporidra, Pseudopolypora
Subtaxa: Protoretepora ampla Protoretepora haimeana Protoretepora huadianensis Protoretepora irregularis Protoretepora jabiensis Protoretepora komichensis Protoretepora koninckii Protoretepora lamellata Protoretepora localis Protoretepora mutabilis Protoretepora undulatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (13 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (7), India (5), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (1), United States (9: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of India (1), Japan (3), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 48 collections including 53 occurrences
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