Hippopleurifera Canu and Bassler 1927 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae

Parent taxon: Romancheinidae according to B. Berning 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Cheetham 1962, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Balantiostoma, Escharella, Escharoides, Exochella, Hemicyclopora, Hippolyrula, Ochetosella, Perigastrella, Romancheina

Subtaxa: Hippopleurifera australis Hippopleurifera benmoussai Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis Hippopleurifera sedgwicki Hippopleurifera semicristata Hippopleurifera surgens

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Portugal (1), Spain (3)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Colombia (4), the Czech Republic (11), Hungary (1), Spain (5)

• Eocene of United States (14: Alabama, Florida, Georgia)

• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 42 collections including 62 occurrences

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