Family Hiantoporidae Gregory 1893 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hiantoporidae

Parent taxon: Calloporoidea according to B. Berning 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon 2012, Pouyet 2000 and Schmidt 2003

Sister taxa: Antroporidae, Bryopastoridae, Calloporidae, Chaperiidae, Cupuladriidae, Doryporellidae, Ellisinidae, Filiflustrina, Fissuricella, Foveolariidae, Heliodomidae, Parastichopora, Pseudolunularia, Pyrisinellidae, Stichopora, Tendridae

Subtaxa: Hiantopora Tremopora

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Type: Hiantopora

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Spain (1 collection)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (2), France (1), Morocco (1), Spain (7)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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