Filites solita Gorjunova and Morozova 1979 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Alternative combination: Penniretepora solita

Full reference: R. V. Gorjunova and I. P. Morozova. 1979. Late Paleozoic Bryozoa of Mongolia. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Transaction 9:1-139

Belongs to Filites according to I. P. Morozova 2001

See also Gorjunova and Morozova 1979

Sister taxa: Filites expressus, Filites hashimotoi, Filites percognitus, Filites quaesitus, Filites trapezoida, Filites zigzag

Type specimen: PIN 2287/383. Its type locality is Dzamyn-Ude Mountain, 30 km WSW, Burin-Obo, which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian marine horizon in the Totoshan Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dzamyn-Ude Mountain, 30 km WSW, Burin-Obo

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