Amphipora Schulz 1883 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae

Synonym: Vicinustachyodes Yavorsky 1961

Parent taxon: Amphiporidae according to C. Stearn 2015

See also Bardashev et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Stearn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Clathrodictyella, Euryamphipora, Novitella, Paramphipora, Stellopora, Vacuustroma

Subtaxa: Amphipora amplusa Amphipora aperta Amphipora moravica Amphipora ninglangensis Amphipora ramosa Amphipora rhapida Amphipora vacuite

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (6 collections), Australia (13), Austria (3), Belgium (4), Canada (39: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (9), the Czech Republic (50), France (2), Germany (35), Italy (3), Mongolia (2), Morocco (8), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (1), Tajikistan (9), Thailand (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (55: Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Iowa, Nevada, North Dakota), Uzbekistan (2), Vietnam (15), Western Sahara (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)

• Silurian of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Alaska, Indiana)

Total: 280 collections including 384 occurrences

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