Amphiblestrum Gray 1848 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae

Parent taxon: Calloporidae according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015

See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Canu and Bassler 1935, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Bassler 1904

Sister taxa: Acanthoporella, Acanthoporidra, Alderina, Allantopora, Ammatophora, Aplousina, Bidenkapia, Callopora, Copidozoum, Crassicellepora, Crassimarginatella, Cymulopora, Dionella, Distelopora, Doryporella, Ellisina, Flustrellaria, Foratella, Foveolaria, Gilbertopora, Hapsidopora, Hemiseptella, Larnacicus, Marginaria, Marssonopora, Membraniporidra, Onychoblestrum, Parellisina, Periporosella, Pithodella, Planicellaria, Pyriporella, Pyriporoides, Pyrulella, Ramphonotus, Reptoporina, Retevirgula, Solenophragma, Stamenocella, Tegella, Treptopora, Tumaiella, Tylopora, Tyloporella, Undistelopora, Valdemunitella, Wilbertopora

Subtaxa: Amphiblestrum (Amphiblestrum) Amphiblestrum (Bathypora) Amphiblestrum agellus Amphiblestrum appendiculata Amphiblestrum constrictum Amphiblestrum grande Amphiblestrum hastingsae Amphiblestrum paleogenicum Amphiblestrum planulatum Amphiblestrum trifolium

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (3), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Alabama)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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