Parent taxon: Solenoporaceae according to P. K. Misra et al. 2009
See also Fischer 1969, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Misra et al. 2001, Riding 2004 and Wnendt-Juber 1990
Sister taxa: Cordilites, Dendronella, Elianella, Eolithoporella, Komia, Marinella, Metasolenopora, Neosolenopora, Parachaetetes, Protoaulopora, Pycnoporidium, Solenomeris, Solenoporella, Tauristorea
Subtaxa: Solenopora alcicornis Solenopora concentrica Solenopora coromandelensis Solenopora guangxiensis Solenopora jurassica Solenopora paraconcentrica Solenopora rectangulata Solenopora sahnii Solenopora spongioides Solenopora tiruchiensis Solenopora triasina Solenopora urgoniana Solenopora vachardi
Type: Solenopora spongioides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Iraq (1)
• Paleocene of India (2)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2), France (3), Germany (3), Hungary (1), India (2), Oman (1), Romania (2), Slovakia (1)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (5), India (1), Italy (3), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Austria (10), China (21), Germany (2), Greece (3), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Italy (10), Mexico (2), Oman (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (5), Slovenia (3), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), Timor-Leste (4), Türkiye (3), United States (5: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada)
• Permian of China (5), Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Slovenia (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (2), United States (5: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), China (1), France (1), Ireland (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Devonian of Australia (2), China (1), Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (3), Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Nunavut), China (1), Estonia (2), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (8), United States (2: Alaska)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (1: Vermont)
• Chazyan of Canada (3: Quebec), United States (6: New York, Vermont)
• Arenig of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Ordovician of Canada (6: Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec), China (9), Estonia (4), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (3), South Korea (1), United States (59: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 270 collections including 306 occurrences
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