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 curvula, Penniretepora disposita, Penniretepora ernos, 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 11174B2. Its type locality is Homestead Road, 1.7 miles E of Highway K99, Riley County, which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Wreford Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (16: Kansas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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