Family Cheiloporinidae Bassler 1936 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cheiloporinidae

Parent taxon: Schizoporelloidea according to B. Berning 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Cheetham 1962 and Pouyet 2000

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

Subtaxa: Cheilopora Cheiloporina Cucullipora Diploecium Enantiosula Hagiosynodos Hippaliosina Pollaploecium Tremoschizodina Veleroa

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Type: Cheiloporina

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Italy (3), United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Panama (2), Portugal (1), Spain (2)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (5)

• Miocene of Australia (2), Egypt (1), Hungary (1), Spain (4)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of United States (5: Alabama, Florida, Georgia)

• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences

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