Family Foveolariidae Gordon and Winston 2005 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Foveolariidae

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

See also Gordon 2012

Sister taxa: Antroporidae, Bryopastoridae, Calloporidae, Chaperiidae, Cupuladriidae, Doryporellidae, Ellisinidae, Filiflustrina, Fissuricella, Heliodomidae, Hiantoporidae, Parastichopora, Pseudolunularia, Pyrisinellidae, Stichopora, Tendridae

Subtaxa: Amplexicamera Foveolaria Odontionella Protofoveolaria

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Type: Foveolaria

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (3)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (10)

• Miocene of New Zealand (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (4)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1)

Total: 23 collections including 29 occurrences

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