Phylloporina sassitoensis Ernst and Carrera 2008 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Phylloporinidae

Full reference: A. Ernst and M. Carrera. 2008. Cryptostomid bryozoans from the Sassito Formation, Upper Ordovician cool-water carbonates of the Argentinean Precordillera. Palaeontology 51(5):1117-1127

Belongs to Phylloporina according to A. Ernst and M. Carrera 2008

Sister taxa: Phylloporina angulata, Phylloporina gracilis, Phylloporina incepta, Phylloporina kinnekullensis, Phylloporina trentonensis

Type specimen: SA-3-2 (CEGH-UNC 23097), an other. Its type locality is Rio Sassito Creek [Sassito Fm], which is in a Caradoc shallow subtidal grainstone in the Sassito Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rio Sassito Creek [Sassito Fm]

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