Onychocellidae

{{Short description|Family of bryozoans}}

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Onychocellidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Cheilostomatida.{{cite web |title=Onychocellidae |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5829 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=14 June 2021 |language=en}}

Many different descendant species across the world resemble this extinct family. Some examples are N. clarkei and N. cribiforma which can be found in Australia,{{cite journal |last1=Sonar |first1=Mohan A. |last2=Kadu |first2=Gaurav K. |last3=Wayal |first3=Dnyaneshwar V. |title=Onychocellidae (Bryozoa) from the Maastrichtian Kallankurichchi Formation, Ariyalur Group, southern India |journal=Cretaceous Research |date=1 April 2023 |volume=144 |pages=105432 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105432|bibcode=2023CrRes.14405432S }} Floridina stellata and Onychocella ariyalurensis in Southern India,{{cite journal |last1=Schmidt |first1=Rolf |last2=Bone |first2=Yvonne |title=Australian Cainozoic Bryozoa, 1: Nudicella gen. nov. (Onychocellidae, Cheilostomata): taxonomy, palaeoenvironments and biogeography |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |date=1 January 2004 |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=185–203 |doi=10.1080/03115510408619281|bibcode=2004Alch...28..185S |s2cid=84904797 }} and Onychocella rowei and Onychocella mimosa in Belarus.{{cite journal |last1=Koromyslova |first1=A. V. |title=Morphological features and systematic position of the bryozoans Onychocella rowei and O. mimosa (Cheilostomata) from a Campanian erratic block (Belarus) |journal=Paleontological Journal |date=1 May 2014 |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=275–286 |doi=10.1134/s0031030114030137|bibcode=2014PalJ...48..275K |s2cid=89261158 }} While this family is extinct, it evolved to form new species that are all over the world and continue to resemble it.