ammonites
Parapolypora sparsa Morozova 1970 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Fenestrida - Polyporidae

Alternative combination: Polypora sparsa

Full reference: I. P. Morozova. 1970. Mshanki Pozdnei Permi [Late Permian Bryozoans]. Trudy Paleontologischeskogo Instituta 122:1-346

Belongs to Parapolypora according to I.P. Morozova and D.V. Lisitsyn 1996

Sister taxa: Parapolypora boraformis, Parapolypora daurica, Parapolypora larga, Parapolypora novella, Parapolypora romantchukae, Parapolypora speciosa, Parapolypora substrita

Type specimen: PIN 1692/151. Its type locality is Dolgoshchel'ye Village, Kuloy River, Arkhangel Region, which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Kazan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder