Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Synonym: Macroporina
Parent taxon: Aspidostomatidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aspidostoma, Crateropora, Melychocella, Odontionella, Semiescharinella
Subtaxa: Macropora clarkei Macropora crassatina Macropora cribrilifera Macropora grandis Macropora quadriseriata Macroporina waimatukuensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (8)
• Miocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences
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