Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Synonym: Silvaseptopora Chronic 1949
Parent taxon: Septoporidae according to I. P. Morozova 1970
See also Bassler 1953, Sakagami 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Shulgapora, Synocladiella, Thamniscus
Subtaxa: Septopora alternata Septopora andeana Septopora bilateralis Septopora biserialis Septopora blanda Septopora cestriensis Septopora diamorpha Septopora distorta Septopora exornata Septopora flabellata Septopora flabellatiformis Septopora guangdongensis Septopora incaica Septopora lineata Septopora microchambera Septopora obesus Septopora orientalis Septopora ornata Septopora pinnata Septopora quasiorientalis Septopora robusta Septopora sinensis Septopora spinulosa Septopora tarazi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Armenia (5), Australia (3), Azerbaijan (4), Bolivia (9), China (10), India (1), Iran (8), Oman (1), Peru (10), the Russian Federation (6), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (1), United States (94: Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (72: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia)
Total: 233 collections including 283 occurrences
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