Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Full reference: A. K. Guha and K. Gipikrishna. 2007. New fossil steginoporellid and schizoporellid species (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the Tertiary sequences of western Kachchh, Gujarat and their significance. Journal of the Geological Society of India 69:803-812
Belongs to Steginoporella according to A. K. Guha and K. Gipikrishna 2007
Sister taxa: Steginoporella cucullata, Steginoporella haddoni, Steginoporella iberica, Steginoporella lateralis, Steginoporella magnilabris, Steginoporella mediterranea, Steginoporella montenati, Steginoporella neozelanica, Steginoporella rhodanica, Steginoporella truncata
Type specimen: GSI K60/786. Its type locality is Khari Nadi Fm, which is in an Aquitanian marine limestone/siltstone in the Khari Nadi Formation of India.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (5 collections)
• Oligocene of India (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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