Stenodiscus altiplana Sakagami 1995 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Full reference: S. Sakagami. 1995. Upper Paleozoic bryozoans from the Lake Titicaca region, Bolivia, Part 1. Introductory remarks, stratigraphy and systematic paleontology. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 180:226-260

Belongs to Stenodiscus according to S. Sakagami 1995

Sister taxa: Stenodiscus anfuensis, Stenodiscus aohenqulutensis, Stenodiscus belemnos, Stenodiscus bifucatus, Stenodiscus chaetetiformis, Stenodiscus giganteus, Stenodiscus incertus, Stenodiscus inclutus, Stenodiscus instabilis, Stenodiscus manchuriensis, Stenodiscus megatubulus, Stenodiscus monilifer, Stenodiscus moniliformis, Stenodiscus murdockensis, Stenodiscus permianus, Stenodiscus polylamellatus, Stenodiscus sijiashanensis, Stenodiscus simplex, Stenodiscus tumenlingensis, Stenodiscus xizangensis

Type specimen: DESC-95140. Its type locality is Matilde Section, Sample Ma30-31, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Bolivia (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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