Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Parent taxon: Aspidostomatidae according to E. Håkansson et al. 2024
See also Bassler 1953, Brezina et al. 2021, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Lee et al. 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Crateropora, Macropora, Melychocella, Odontionella, Semiescharinella, Eomacropora
Subtaxa: Aspidostoma airense Aspidostoma cavatum Aspidostoma cinnabarina Aspidostoma clava Aspidostoma curvatum Aspidostoma duoavicularia Aspidostoma enchiridium Aspidostoma gelasinus Aspidostoma gleddeni Aspidostoma litotes Aspidostoma obesum Aspidostoma onychocelliferum Aspidostoma titan Aspidostoma turricula Aspidostoma twinn
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (4 collections)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)
• Eocene of New Zealand (4)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (5)
Total: 19 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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