Family Pyrisinellidae Di Martino and Taylor 2012 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Pyrisinellidae

Full reference: E. Di Martino and P. D. Taylor. 2012. Pyrisinellidae, a new family of anascan cheilostome bryozoans. Zootaxa 3534(1):1-20

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

See also Di Martino and Taylor 2012

Sister taxa: Antroporidae, Bryopastoridae, Calloporidae, Chaperiidae, Foveolariidae, Heliodomidae, Hiantoporidae

Subtaxa: Megapora Pyrisinella Spinisinella

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), United States (1: Alabama)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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