Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae
Synonym: Galeopsis Jullien 1903
Parent taxon: Gigantoporidae according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Di Martino and Taylor 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cosciniopsis, Cylindroporella, Dightonia, Gephyrophora, Hemicosciniopsis, Pachystomaria, Schizaropsis, Semihaswellia, Stenopsella
Subtaxa: Gigantopora cribraria Gigantopora elongata Gigantopora grandis Gigantopora hexagonalis Gigantopora hystrix Gigantopora milenae Gigantopora minutiporosa Gigantopora modesta Gigantopora perforata Gigantopora polymorpha Gigantopora tuberculosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (4)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Indonesia (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (3), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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