Saffordotaxis Bassler 1952 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae

Parent taxon: Rhomboporidae according to S. Sakagami 2000

See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Isostylus, Klaucena, Lenapora, Lunostoma, Megacanthoporina, Pamirella, Pictatella, Primorella, Rhombopora

Subtaxa: Saffordotaxis elegans Saffordotaxis filigrana Saffordotaxis multispinata Saffordotaxis robustus Saffordotaxis stelliformis Saffordotaxis wanneri

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (2), China (2), Indonesia (1), the Russian Federation (4)

• Carboniferous of France (1), Spain (1), United States (14: Indiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah)

• Devonian of Canada (22: Alberta), Iran (1)

• Silurian of Sweden (1)

Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence

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