Lanceopora obliqua is found in the Recent and Tertiary of southeastern Australia.
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Original description: Eschara obliqua MacGillivray, 1869
Locality: 'Snapper Point' (Presumed to be Mornington, Port Phillip, Victoria.)
Type specimen: NMV F45845
The description by MacGillivray was published in January, 1869, and has priority over Eschara reniformis Kirchenpauer, 1869. The identity of Kirchenpauer's species has not been established yet.