Mastopora Sokolov 1952 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae

Parent taxon: Auloporidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Klaamann 1966, Nitecki 1970 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aulocaulis, Aulopora, Auloporella, Aulozoa, Ceratopora, Diorychopora, Gundarina, Planalveolitella, Syringoporinae

Subtaxa: Mastopora compacta Mastopora foederata Mastopora incrustata Mastopora spicata

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Givetian of China (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Germany (2), Morocco (1), Spain (1)

• Jaani of Estonia (1)

• Silurian of Estonia (1)

• Ordovician of Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (3), Norway (1)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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