Pyripora d'Orbigny 1852 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

Parent taxon: Electridae according to D. P. Gordon 2012

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Canu and Bassler 1920 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arbocuspis, Arbopercula, Aspidelectra, Bathypora, Bullaconopeum, Charixa, Conopeum, Danocella, Einhornia, Electra, Eokotosokum, Gontarella, Haplostoechios, Harpecia, Herpetopora, Lapidosella, Mychoplectra, Osburnea, Pyriporopsis, Rhammatopora, Spinicharixa, Villicharixa

Subtaxa: Pyripora parvicella Pyripora tuberculum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Oklahoma)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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