Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Synonym: Trachypora Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Parent taxon: Pachyporidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acaciapora, Celechopora, Cladopora, Daljanolites, Dualipora, Egosiella, Gertholites, Gracilopora, Guanziyaopora, Guizhoustriatopora, Heterocoenites, Hillaepora, Isurugiopora, Pachypora, Pachystriatopora, Parastriatoporella, Protrachypora, Rhachopora, Rotundites, Sinkiangopora, Striatopora, Thamnopora, Thamnoporella, Yakunopora, Zemmourella, Taouzia
Subtaxa: Thamnoptychia directa Trachypora achilleos
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of Iran (3 collections)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (1), Canada (1: Manitoba), Czechia (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), United States (31: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio), Venezuela (1), Vietnam (5)
• Silurian of Australia (1)
Total: 53 collections including 60 occurrences
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