Ptylopora McCoy 1844 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Synonym: Ptilopora Agassiz 1846

Parent taxon: Acanthocladiidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthocladiinae, Adlatipora, Baculopora, Diploporaria, Diploporariinae, Ichthyorachis, Matheropora, Polypora, Pteropora, Samaria, Synocladia, Synocladiopsis, Pseudopolypora, Polyporellina, Parapolypora, Mackinneyella, Tibetiporella, Paucipora, Neopolypora, Reteporidra, Wjatkella, Polyporella, Protoretepora

Subtaxa: Ptilopora disticha Ptylopora carinata Ptylopora gigantea Ptylopora konincki

View classification

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (4 collections), China (1)

• Osagean of United States (2: Indiana, Utah)

• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Ireland (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (9: Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah)

• Devonian of Morocco (2), Spain (6), United States (2: Pennsylvania)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.