Septopora diamorpha Lu 1958 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Septoporidae

Full reference: L. H. Lu. 1958. Some bryozoans from the Chihsia Limestone of Hangchow, western Chekiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 6:293-303

Belongs to Septopora according to A. Ernst et al. 2008

See also Lu 1958 and Sakagami 1995

Sister taxa: Septopora alternata, Septopora andeana, Septopora bilateralis, Septopora biserialis, Septopora blanda, Septopora cestriensis, Septopora distorta, Septopora exornata, Septopora flabellata, Septopora flabellatiformis, Septopora guangdongensis, Septopora incaica, Septopora lineata, Septopora microchambera, Septopora obesus, Septopora orientalis, Septopora ornata, Septopora pinnata, Septopora quasiorientalis, Septopora robusta, Septopora sinensis, Septopora spinulosa, Septopora tarazi

Type specimen: NIGP 8984. Its type locality is Chiuyaoshan, gray-black crystallized limestone, Hangchow, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): zooid diameter 0.160

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Iran (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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