Gigantopora (bryozoan)

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

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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

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