Escharina (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae

Synonym: Mastigophorella

Parent taxon: Escharinidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Brown 1952, Lee et al. 1997, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bactridium, Bryopesanser, Herentia, Schizobathysella

Subtaxa: Escharina dutertrei Escharina masoni Escharina nitidissima Escharina vulgaris Escharina waiparaensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Greece (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1), Spain (3)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), Hungary (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Spain (4)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2), United States (4: Florida)

Total: 28 collections including 36 occurrences

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