Family Ellisinidae Vigneaux 1949 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Ellisinidae

Parent taxon: Calloporoidea according to E. HÃ¥kansson et al. 2024

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

Subtaxa: Ellisina

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Type: Ellisina

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (2)

• Miocene of Australia (2), India (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (3: Florida, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Sweden (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Australia (2), United States (1: Arkansas)

Total: 25 collections including 30 occurrences

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