†family Ropalonariidae Nickles and Bassler 1900 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Ropalonariidae

Parent taxon: Ctenostomata according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953

Sister taxa: Arachnidiidae, Arachnoidella, Ascodictyidae, Cardiarachnidium, Carnosa, Casteropora, Cookobryozoon, Euctenostomata, Fischerella, Foraripora, Haimeina, Harmeriella, Marcusopora, Paludicellea, Stolonicella, Stolonifera, Vesicularina, Vinellidae, Voigtella

Subtaxa: Ropalonaria

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Type: Ropalonaria

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (1: Wyoming collection)

• Carboniferous of United States (7: Indiana)

• Devonian of Poland (1)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New York)

• Ordovician of United States (10: Indiana, Ohio)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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