Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Full reference: H. G. Richards. 1959. New Virgilian and Wolfcampian fenestrate bryozoans from Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 33:1115-1119
Belongs to Penniretepora according to A. H. Simonsen and R. J. Cuffey 1980
See also Richards 1959
Sister taxa: Penniretepora afghanica, Penniretepora auernigiana, Penniretepora disposita, Penniretepora ernos, Penniretepora flexistriata, Penniretepora fossata, Penniretepora granulata, Penniretepora invisa, Penniretepora microtropica, Penniretepora nodocarinata, Penniretepora nodolineata, Penniretepora oppositus, Penniretepora peculiaris, Penniretepora pustulosa, Penniretepora scalaris, Penniretepora siamensis, Penniretepora subtila, Penniretepora triporosa, Penniretepora tropica, Penniretepora waltheri, Penniretepora xiangtanensis, Pinnatopora grandis
Type specimen: KUMIP 11181B1. Its type locality is West Topeka brick plant, which is in a Virgilian marine horizon in Kansas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (31: Kansas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas, New Mexico)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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