Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Synonym: Taxopora Sokolov 1961
Parent taxon: Pachyporidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Klaamann 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acaciapora, Celechopora, Daljanolites, Dualipora, Egosiella, Gertholites, Gracilopora, Guanziyaopora, Guizhoustriatopora, Heterocoenites, Hillaepora, Isurugiopora, Pachypora, Pachystriatopora, Parastriatoporella, Protrachypora, Rhachopora, Rotundites, Sinkiangopora, Striatopora, Thamnopora, Thamnoporella, Thamnoptychia, Yakunopora, Zemmourella, Taouzia
Subtaxa: Cladopora bifurcata Cladopora corrigia Cladopora fisheri Cladopora labiosa Cladopora lemaitreae Cladopora magna Cladopora perrara Cladopora prolifica Cladopora pulchra Cladopora roemeri Cladopora seriata Cladopora spinulata Cladopora surculus Cladopora tubulata Cladopora turgida
Type: Cladopora seriata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (10: New Mexico, Texas collections)
• Givetian of China (1)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Australia (18), Canada (4: Ontario, Yukon), China (10), France (1), Germany (2), Mongolia (2), New Zealand (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (12), Spain (4), Tajikistan (7), Thailand (4), United States (83: Alaska, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio), Vietnam (11)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Silurian of Australia (3), Canada (8: Quebec), China (7), Estonia (3), Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (10), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (37: Alaska, California, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 256 collections including 294 occurrences
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