Family Lanceoporidae Harmer 1957 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lanceoporidae

Synonym: Parmulariidae Maplestone 1912

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

See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007 and Rosso and Sanfilippo 2005

Sister taxa: Bitectiporidae, Smittinidae, Tubescharina, Watersiporidae

Subtaxa: Calyptotheca Emballotheca Lanceopora Stephanotheca

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Type: Lanceopora

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (4)

• Miocene of Australia (1), India (4), Indonesia (2), Romania (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), India (2)

• Cenozoic of Australia (1)

Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences

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