Crateropora (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Parent taxon: Aspidostomatidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aspidostoma, Macropora, Melychocella, Odontionella, Semiescharinella, Eomacropora
Subtaxa: Crateropora inconspicua Crateropora muralis Crateropora ordinata Crateropora patula
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (6 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (4)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 14 collections including 18 occurrences
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