†family Chaperiidae Jullien 1888 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Chaperiidae

Parent taxon: Calloporoidea according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Cheetham 1972, Lee et al. 1997, López-Gappa and Pérez 2019, Pouyet 2000 and Schmidt 2003

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

Subtaxa: Aluis Amphiblestrella Bryopastor Chaperia Chaperiopsis Patsyella

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Type: Chaperia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), New Zealand (5)

• Pliocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (4), Portugal (1), Spain (2)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (6)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Germany (1), New Zealand (2), Spain (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (3), Tonga (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

Total: 36 collections including 56 occurrences

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