Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Alternative combinations: Fenestella granulifera, Fenestrellina granulifera
Full reference: J. M. Crockford. 1941. Permian Bryozoa of eastern Australia, part II: new species from the Upper Marine Series of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 74:502-519
Belongs to Rectifenestella according to I. P. Morozova 2004
See also Crockford 1946, Maxwell 1964 and Wass 1968
Sister taxa: Aequifenestella, Rectifenestella accurata, Rectifenestella araxensis, Rectifenestella banksi, Rectifenestella bowenensis, Rectifenestella compacta, Rectifenestella cordiretiformis, Rectifenestella counselensis, Rectifenestella crassinodata, Rectifenestella donensis, Rectifenestella expansa, Rectifenestella gijigensis, Rectifenestella gilianshanensis, Rectifenestella logica, Rectifenestella lunaris, Rectifenestella medvedkensis, Rectifenestella microporata, Rectifenestella microretiformis, Rectifenestella nikiforovae, Rectifenestella originaria, Rectifenestella ornata, Rectifenestella ornatiformis, Rectifenestella permulta, Rectifenestella praeordinata, Rectifenestella pseudoretiformis, Rectifenestella retiformis, Rectifenestella robusta, Rectifenestella smithae, Rectifenestella sparsa, Rectifenestella submicroporata, Rectifenestella subornata, Rectifenestella superretiformis, Rectifenestella tamarensis, Rectifenestella tenax, Rectifenestella totshanensis, Rectifenestella zavodovskyi
Type specimen: Sydney Univ 1427. Its type locality is Branxton west railway cutting, which is in a Roadian offshore shale in the Branxton Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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