†family Quadricellariidae Gordon 1984 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae

Parent taxon: Cheilostomata according to P. Bock 2006

See also Gordon 2012 and Schmidt 2003

Sister taxa: Atacama, Biavicularium, Buffonella, Craspedoporina, Diplobeisselina, Diplorula, Exochellidae, Flustrella, Flustrina, Gemelliporellidae, Haplopomella, Helix, Hemeschara, Hopora, Hormerella, Inovicellina, Lepraliidae, Malacostegina, Marquetta, Membraniporina, Neocheilostomina, Paravinella, Parobeisselina, Pavolunuites, Petaloconchus, Porometra, Revssirella, Rhabdotometra, Schizotrema, Scorioporidae, Scrupariina, Stenopsis, Stichtostega, Sylonika, Thalamoporellina, Thecatia, Tricornicella, Uniavicularia, Vinculariidae

Subtaxa: Cellarinidra Curvacella Mediosola Nellia Nelliella Quadricellaria Vincularina

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Type: Quadricellaria

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (2), Panama (5)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Brazil (1), Colombia (1), India (6), Morocco (2), Panama (1)

• Oligocene of India (2), Malta (3), United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Eocene of India (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of France (1), United States (1: Alabama)

Total: 51 collections including 65 occurrences

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