Family Frondiporidae Busk 1875 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Frondiporidae

Synonym: Fascigeridae

Parent taxon: Tubuliporina according to R. S. Bassler 1953

See also Lee et al. 1997, Smith et al. 2006 and Ulrich and Bassler 1904

Sister taxa: Cinctiporidae, Diaperoeciidae, Diastoporidae, Discocytis, Eleidae, Entalophoridae, Filisparsidae, Hastingsiidae, Mecynoeciidae, Multisparsidae, Oncousoeciidae, Plagioeciidae, Semiceidae, Serietubigera, Stomatoporidae, Telopora, Terviidae, Tubuliporidae

Subtaxa: Discofascigera Filifascigera Frondipora Meandropora Paraquataia Reptofascigera

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Type: Frondipora

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1), Morocco (2)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (3), France (1), Switzerland (1), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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