Illusiopora Gordon and Taylor 2015 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata

Full reference: D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor. 2015. Bryozoa of the Early Eocene Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-88

Parent taxon: Schizoporelloidea according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015

Sister taxa: Actisecidae, Cheiloporinidae, Eminooeciidae, Gigantoporidae, Lacernidae, Lanceoporidae, Margarettidae, Microporellidae, Myriaporidae, Ostrovskia, Petraliellidae, Porinidae, Schizoporellidae, Vicidae

Subtaxa: Illusiopora bifax Illusiopora recta

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island (Eocene of New Zealand)

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