Family Myriaporidae Gray 1841 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Myriaporidae

Synonyms: Myriozoidae Smitt 1867, Myriozoumidae d'Orbigny 1849

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

See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Bock 2006 and Pouyet 2000

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

Subtaxa: Leieschara Myriapora Myriozoella

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Type: Myriapora

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Portugal (1), Spain (3)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (2)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Czechia (9), Germany (1), Romania (1), Spain (5)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (2)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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