Bracebridgia MacGillivray 1886 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonidae

Parent taxon: Adeonidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1956, Brown 1958 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adeona, Adeonella, Adeonellopsis, Anarthropora, Anarthroporinae, Dimorphocella, Dimorphocellinae, Kubaninella, Laminopora, Laminoporinae, Meniscopora, Ovaticella, Poristoma, Reptadeonella, Schizostomella, Smittistoma, Teichopora, Teichoporinae, Triporula, Trypocella

Subtaxa: Bracebridgia emendata Bracebridgia pyriformis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (2), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (4)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)

• Oligocene of Germany (3)

• Eocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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