Escharoides Milne Edwards 1836 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae

Synonym: Peristomella

Parent taxon: Romancheinidae according to B. Berning 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Guha 2013, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Lee et al. 1997, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Balantiostoma, Escharella, Exochella, Hemicyclopora, Hippolyrula, Hippopleurifera, Ochetosella, Perigastrella, Romancheina

Subtaxa: Escharoides angela Escharoides coccinea Escharoides crassa Escharoides cuneiformis Escharoides duplicata Escharoides erecta Escharoides excavata Escharoides megalota Escharoides multispinosa Escharoides osburni Escharoides suggestus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (2 collections), United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (3), Portugal (1), Spain (3)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (4)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (7), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), Spain (6)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

• Oligocene of Australia (4), New Zealand (1), United States (4: Alabama)

• Eocene of India (2), New Zealand (2), United States (2: Florida, Mississippi)

• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Arkansas, Oklahoma)

Total: 55 collections including 72 occurrences

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