Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Synonym: Sinopora Sokolov 1955
Parent taxon: Aulocystidae according to S. Niko 2009
See also Hill 1981, Klaamann 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adaverina, Adetopora, Aulocystella, Aulocystis, Aulostegites, Cystitrypanopora, Pachyphragma, Plexituba, Syringocystis, Rossopora, Sinoporella, Metasinopora
Subtaxa: Pseudoromingeria ignicula Pseudoromingeria kotoi Pseudoromingeria onishii Sinopora asiatica Sinopora callosa Sinopora cateniformis Sinopora changshunensis Sinopora operta Sinopora ryozensanensis Sinopora zhurihensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Cambodia (1 collection), China (3), Iran (5), Japan (4), Pakistan (1), Thailand (11)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia)
• Silurian of Estonia (8)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
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