Family Tetraplariidae Harmer 1957 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Tetraplariidae

Parent taxon: Ascophora according to A. H. Cheetham 1972

See also Bock 2006

Sister taxa: Acanthostega, Basyaylella, Bifaxariidae, Catenicelloidea, Celleporariidae, Cleidochasmatidae, Conescharellinidae, Crepidacanthidae, Euthyrisellidae, Euthyroididae, Fusicellariidae, Hippoporinidae, Hippothooidea, Hippothoomorpha, Lekythoporidae, Lepraliomorpha, Mucronellidae, Myriozoidae, Nephroporidae, Onchoporidae, Parmulariidae, Petraliidae, Phylactellidae, Phylactelliporidae, Platyglenidae, Prostomariidae, Reteporidae, Sertellidae, Spiroporinidae, Stomachetosellidae, Tubucellariidae

Subtaxa: Tetraplaria

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Panama (1)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (4)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (4)

• Eocene of India (1), Tonga (2), United States (6: Florida)

Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences

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