†family Aspidostomatidae Jullien 1888 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae

Synonym: Macroporidae Uttley 1949

Parent taxon: Microporoidea according to S. S. Brezina et al. 2021

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Lee et al. 1997, Pouyet 2000 and Schmidt 2003

Sister taxa: Cianotremella, Coscinopleuridae, Lunulitidae, Microporidae, Onychocellidae

Subtaxa: Aspidostoma Crateropora Macropora Melychocella Odontionella Semiescharinella

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Type: Aspidostoma

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (10)

• Miocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (6)

• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (5)

• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Denmark (1), Sweden (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 39 collections including 73 occurrences

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