Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae

Alternative combination: Caunopora ramosa

Full reference: J. Phillips. 1841. Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset; observed in the course of the Ordinance Geological Survey of that district. Geological Society of London 1-231

Belongs to Amphipora according to S. Eichholt et al. 2021

See also Phillips 1841 and Stauffer 1930

Sister taxa: Amphipora amplusa, Amphipora aperta, Amphipora moravica, Amphipora ninglangensis, Amphipora rhapida, Amphipora vacuite

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), Canada (13: Alberta, Northwest Territories), Czechia (7), Germany (13), Italy (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (2), Vietnam (5)

Total: 49 collections including 51 occurrences

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