Family Heteroporidae Waters 1880 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Heteroporidae

Parent taxon: Cerioporina according to M. ZatoĊ„ et al. 2013

See also Bassler 1953 and Gordon and Taylor 1999

Sister taxa: Cavidae, Cerioporidae, Corymboporidae, Densiporidae, Leiosoeciidae, Tretocycloeciidae

Subtaxa: Acanthopora Biflabellaria Borgiola Canalipora Cerioporella Defranciopora Densipora Dysnoetopora Filicava Globulipora Heteroporella Marssoniella Multicrescis Neofungella Neuroporella Ramia Reptomulticava Ripisoecia Seminodicrescis Sparsicytis Spinopora Tetrocycloecia

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Type: Heteropora

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of Chile (1), France (8), Germany (3), Madagascar (2), Mexico (2), Switzerland (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (12: Alabama, Colorado, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of France (1)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 39 collections including 49 occurrences

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