Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Full reference: E. H. Gilmour and E. M. Snyder. 2000. Bryozoa of the Mission Argillite (Permian), northeastern Washington. Journal of Paleontology 74(4):540-570
Belongs to Alternifenestella according to E. H. Gilmour and E. M. Snyder 2000
Sister taxa: Spinofenestella absoluta, Spinofenestella antiensis, Spinofenestella aspratilis, Spinofenestella basleoensis, Spinofenestella geinitzi, Spinofenestella lata, Spinofenestella magna, Spinofenestella microfenestrata, Spinofenestella minuta, Spinofenestella popovi, Spinofenestella solida, Spinofenestella speciosa, Spinofenestella spinulosa, Spinofenestella subquadratopora, Spinofenestella surda, Spinofenestella tschernovi, Alternifenestella sublonga, Alternifenestella crassiseptata, Alternifenestella (Cervella), Alternifenestella rarispinata, Alternifenestella sayensis, Alternifenestella tribifurcata, Alternifenestella greenharbourensis, Alternifenestella minuscula, Alternifenestella esaulovae, Alternifenestella cervoidea, Alternifenestella horologia, Alternifenestella ampla, Alternifenestella kungurensis, Alternifenestella picchuensis, Alternifenestella invisitata, Alternifenestella spitzbergensis, Alternifenestella pajerensis, Alternifenestella minor, Alternifenestella megacapillaris, Alternifenestella bifida, Alternifenestella nalivkini, Alternifenestella tuberculifera, Alternifenestella indubia, Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Alternifenestella spinifera, Alternifenestella absoluta, Alternifenestella cyclotriangulata, Alternifenestella major, Alternifenestella argumentosa
Type specimen: USNM 499261. Its type locality is Mission Argellite, which is in the Wordian of limestone/siltstone the Mission Argillite Formation Washington.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mission Argellite
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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