†family Cytididae d'Orbigny 1854 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Cytididae

Alternative spelling: Cytisidae

Parent taxon: Cancellata according to K. Zágoršek and A. Kroh 2003

See also Bassler 1953 and Voigt 1924

Sister taxa: Calvetiidae, Crisinidae, Horneridae, Petaloporidae, Pseudidmoneidae, Stegohorneridae

Subtaxa: Bicavea Chartecytis Cyrtopora Cytis Desmepora Diplodesmopora Echinocava Heterocrisina Homoeosolen Hypocytis Osculipora Plethopora Plethoporella Retenoa Semicytella Stephanodesma Supercytis Tetrapora Truncatulipora Unicytis

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Type: Cytis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Czechia (1), France (7), Germany (3), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of France (1), Romania (1)

Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences

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