Disjectoporidae - Disjectoporidae
Parent taxon: Porifera according to C. W. Stearn 2015
See also Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Alasonia, Aphlebospongia, Archaeocyatha, Ausia, Batchatocyathus, Bicyathus, Bortepesia, Calcarea, Clathrispongia, Codites, Coniatopenia, Cornuaspongia, Coronacollina, Cotyliscus, Cribricyatha, Cribroscyphia, Cuneiphycus, Cupulochonia, Cupulospongia, Cyclospongia, Demospongiae, Diestosphecion, Diplostomella, Dulmius, Dulmius innovatus, Dyocopanon, Eocoryne, Eocyathispongia, Floriana, Glenodictyum, Heteractinida, Hexactinellida, Holocoelia, Homoscleromorpha, Lamellispongia, Limnoretheles, Megalelasma, Microcoryne, Monotheles, Nabaviella, Nelumbosium, Nelumbosium primum, Oligoplagia, Palaeophragmodictya, Pharetronida, Pilosphecion, Plectinia, Polyactinellidae, Polycnemiseudea, Psephidia, Pulchrilaminida, Puppispongia, Puppispongia prostrema, Radicispongia, Rauffia, Rugoconites, Sclerospongiae, Scribroporella, Scyphia, Shitangspongia, Sinoflabrum, Sparsispongia, Sphinctozoa, Spirocyathidae, Stromatofungia, Stromatoporoidea, Taraxaculum, Textispongia, Thalamospongia, Thectardis, Toriscodermia, Tragos, Trammeria, Tubispongia
Subtaxa: Aksopora Arduorhiza Balatonia Cancellistroma Disjectopora Irregulatopora Lichuanopora Pamiropora Pseudopalaeoaplysina Radiotrabeculopora Tabulatispongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (7), Canada (1: British Columbia), Hungary (2), Italy (6), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (3)
• Permian of China (35), Iran (1), Pakistan (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (3), Tunisia (36), United States (2: California, Texas)
Total: 111 collections including 154 occurrences