†family Pasytheidae Davis 1934 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Pasytheidae

Synonyms: Epicaulididae Hincks 1881, Gemelliporidae Vigneaux 1949, Liriozoidae Levinsen 1909

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

See also Bassler 1953 and Bock 2006

Sister taxa: Chorizoporidae, Dysnoetoporidae, Haplopomidae, Hippothoidae, Trypostegidae

Subtaxa: Dittosaria Eutaleola Gamellipora Pasythea Tecatia Unifissurinella

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Type: Pasythea

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Antarctica (3 collections)

• Miocene of Brazil (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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