†family Cryptosulidae Vigneaux 1949 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cryptosulidae

Parent taxon: Schizoporelloidea according to D. P. Gordon 2012

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006 and Pouyet 2000

Sister taxa: Acoraniidae, Actisecidae, Bryobaculidae, Buffonellodidae, Calwelliidae, Cheiloporinidae, Cyclicoporidae, Duvergieriidae, Echinovadomidae, Eminooeciidae, Escharinidae, Gigantoporidae, Hippaliosinidae, Hippopodinidae, Illusiopora, Lacernidae, Margarettidae, Mawatariidae, Microporellidae, Myriaporidae, Ostrovskia, Pacificincolidae, Petraliellidae, Petraliidae, Phoceanidae, Phorioppniidae, Porinidae, Robertsonidridae, Schizoporellidae, Schizoporellopsis, Stomachetosellidae, Tetraplariidae, Teuchoporidae, Tshokrakopora, Vicidae

Subtaxa: Cryptosula Harmeria

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Virginia collections)

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

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Spain (2)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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