Caliapora Schlüter 1889 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae

Parent taxon: Caliaporinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archypora, Axuolites, Squameoalveolites, Subcaliapora

Subtaxa: Caliapora pseudoprimitiva Caliapora robusta

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (3), Italy (1), Mongolia (8), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (7), Tajikistan (5), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (3), Vietnam (14), Western Sahara (1)

Total: 59 collections including 70 occurrences

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