Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis Cheetham 1962 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae

Full reference: A. H. Cheetham. 1962. Eocene bryozoa from the McBean Formation in Georgia. Micropaleontology 8(3):323-336

Belongs to Hippopleurifera according to A. H. Cheetham 1962

Sister taxa: Hippopleurifera australis, Hippopleurifera benmoussai, Hippopleurifera sedgwicki, Hippopleurifera semicristata, Hippopleurifera surgens

Type specimen: LSU no. 7155. Its type locality is McBean Creek, which is in an Eocene marine siliciclastic/limestone in the McBean Formation of Georgia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Georgia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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