Family Horneridae Smitt 1867 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Horneridae

Parent taxon: Cancellata according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015

See also Bassler 1953, Di Martino and Taylor 2014, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003 and Smith et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Calvetiidae, Crisinidae, Cytididae, Petaloporidae, Pseudidmoneidae, Stegohorneridae

Subtaxa: Crassohornera Hornera Siphodictyum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (6 collections), Greece (1)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (10), Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Morocco (1), Romania (2), Spain (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (3), Poland (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cenozoic of Australia (5)

• Cretaceous of France (17), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 60 collections including 79 occurrences

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