†family Mecynoeciidae Canu 1918 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Mecynoeciidae

Parent taxon: Tubuliporina according to P. D. Taylor 2010

See also Bassler 1953

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

Subtaxa: Mecynoecia

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Type: Mecynoecia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (8), Indonesia (1), Morocco (2), Romania (1)

• Oligocene of United States (7: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), France (14), Germany (4), Switzerland (2)

• Jurassic of France (2), Poland (1)

Total: 46 collections including 57 occurrences

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