Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Macroporidae
Parent taxon: Microporoidea according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Lee et al. 1997 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Acanthodesiomorpha, Alysidiidae, Aspidostomatidae, Calescharidae, Cardabiellidae, Chlidoniidae, Coscinopleuridae, Microporidae, Ogivalia, Onychocellidae, Poricellariidae, Setosellidae, Vibracella, Volviflustrellaria
Subtaxa: Eomacropora Macropora
Type: Macropora
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)
• Cretaceous of Australia (2)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences