Stenodiscus murdockensis Gilmour et al. 1997 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Full reference: E. H. Gilmour, M. E. McColloch, and B. R. Wardlaw. 1997. Bryozoa of the Mudrock Mountain Formation (Wordian, Permian), Leach Mountains, Northeastern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 71(2):214-236

Belongs to Stenodiscus according to E. H. Gilmour et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Stenodiscus altiplana, Stenodiscus anfuensis, Stenodiscus aohenqulutensis, Stenodiscus belemnos, Stenodiscus bifucatus, Stenodiscus chaetetiformis, Stenodiscus giganteus, Stenodiscus incertus, Stenodiscus inclutus, Stenodiscus instabilis, Stenodiscus manchuriensis, Stenodiscus megatubulus, Stenodiscus monilifer, Stenodiscus moniliformis, Stenodiscus permianus, Stenodiscus polylamellatus, Stenodiscus sijiashanensis, Stenodiscus simplex, Stenodiscus tumenlingensis, Stenodiscus xizangensis

Type specimen: USNM 488259. Its type locality is Murdock Mountain, Stenodiscus Beds, which is in a Wordian offshore wackestone/packstone in the Murdock Mountain Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Murdock Mountain, Stenodiscus Beds

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