Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Parent taxon: Celleporidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Sister taxa: Buffonellaria, Buskea, Calvipelta, Celleporina, Chasmatooecium, Chasmazoon, Favosthimosia, Galeopsis, Lagenipora, Monocerina, Omalosecosa, Orthoporidroides, Osthimosia, Palmicellaria, Pourtalesella, Predanophora, Pseudocelleporina, Richbunea, Schismoporinae, Sinuporina, Spigaleos, Tegminula, Turbicellepora
Subtaxa: Cellepora agglutinans Cellepora cribrosa Cellepora glomerata Cellepora granulata Cellepora massalis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Czechia (14), Fiji (1), France (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of Sweden (1)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
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