Family Trypostegidae Gordon et al. 2005 (bryozoan)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Trypostegidae
Parent taxon: Hippothooidea according to E. Di Martino and P. D. Taylor 2013
See also Berning 2006, Bock 2006, Di Martino and Taylor 2015 and Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Sister taxon: Chorizoporidae
Subtaxa: Boreas Trypostega
Type: Trypostega
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), France (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Morocco (1), Panama (2), Romania (1), Spain (3)
• Oligocene of United States (9: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (3: Alabama, Florida)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences