Family Bryopastoridae d'Hondt and Gordon 1999 (bryozoan)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryopastoridae
Parent taxon: Calloporoidea according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
See also Bock 2006, Gordon 2012 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Antroporidae, Calloporidae, Chaperiidae, Cupuladriidae, Doryporellidae, Ellisinidae, Filiflustrina, Fissuricella, Foveolariidae, Heliodomidae, Hiantoporidae, Parastichopora, Pseudolunularia, Pyrisinellidae, Stichopora, Tendridae
Subtaxa: Bryopastor Cladobryopastor Dioptropora Monticellaria Omoiosia Pseudothyracella Thyracella
Type: Bryopastor
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (5 collections)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences