Mackinneyella firma Gorjunova and Morozova 1979 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Alternative combination: Polypora firma

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 Mackinneyella according to I. P. Morozova et al. 2003

See also Gorjunova and Morozova 1979

Sister taxa: Mackinneyella brevicellata, Mackinneyella dzhulfensis, Mackinneyella extenta, Mackinneyella granulosa, Mackinneyella hinganensis, Mackinneyella kutorgae, Mackinneyella maccoyana, Mackinneyella medvedkensis, Mackinneyella obesa, Mackinneyella ogbinensis, Mackinneyella ornamentata, Mackinneyella ovalifenestrata, Mackinneyella polygona, Mackinneyella praepluriformis, Mackinneyella pseudoornamentata, Mackinneyella robustiformis, Mackinneyella sibirica, Mackinneyella stylettia, Mackinneyella subornamentata, Mackinneyella supraornamentata, Mackinneyella tortuosa

Type specimen: PIN 2287/712. Its type locality is Buriduin-Gol River, upper Tsagan-Ula Formation, Khuren-Tologoi Mountains, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Tsagan-Ula Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Buriduin-Gol River, upper Tsagan-Ula Formation, Khuren-Tologoi Mountains

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