Membraniporidra Canu and Bassler 1917 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae

Parent taxon: Calloporidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Canu and Bassler 1935, Cheetham 1962, Sepkoski 2002 and Zágoršek and Kroh 2003

Sister taxa: Acanthoporella, Acanthoporidra, Alderina, Allantopora, Ammatophora, Amphiblestrum, Aplousina, Bidenkapia, Callopora, Copidozoum, Crassicellepora, Crassimarginatella, Cymulopora, Dionella, Distelopora, Doryporella, Ellisina, Flustrellaria, Foratella, Foveolaria, Gilbertopora, Hapsidopora, Hemiseptella, Larnacicus, Marginaria, Marssonopora, Onychoblestrum, Parellisina, Periporosella, Pithodella, Planicellaria, Pyriporella, Pyriporoides, Pyrulella, Ramphonotus, Reptoporina, Retevirgula, Solenophragma, Stamenocella, Tegella, Treptopora, Tumaiella, Tylopora, Tyloporella, Undistelopora, Valdemunitella, Wilbertopora

Subtaxa: Membraniporidra asymmetrica Membraniporidra bohemica

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of United States (5: Alabama)

• Eocene of United States (7: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Sweden (1)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), United States (3: Texas)

Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences

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