Alternifenestella pajerensis Chronic 1949 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Alternative combination: Fenestrellina pajerensis

Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru 46-173

Belongs to Alternifenestella according to S. Sakagami 2004

See also Chronic 1949, Chronic 1953 and Sakagami 1995

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 cyclotriangulata, Alternifenestella esaulovae, Alternifenestella argumentosa, Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Alternifenestella absoluta, Alternifenestella vagrantia, Alternifenestella rarispinata, Alternifenestella minuscula, Alternifenestella ampla, Alternifenestella indubia, Alternifenestella kungurensis, Alternifenestella cervoidea, Alternifenestella crassiseptata, Alternifenestella bifida, Alternifenestella (Cervella), Alternifenestella spitzbergensis, Alternifenestella spinifera, Alternifenestella megacapillaris, Alternifenestella tuberculifera, Alternifenestella sublonga, Alternifenestella tribifurcata, Alternifenestella major, Alternifenestella nalivkini, Alternifenestella picchuensis, Alternifenestella greenharbourensis, Alternifenestella horologia, Alternifenestella minor, Alternifenestella invisitata, Alternifenestella sayensis

Type specimen: AMNH 26974/1:1. Its type locality is AMNH301, Bed 30, Rasuvilca Hills section 9, Pajege Canyon, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Peru (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Bolivia (3), Peru (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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