Meekopora magna Yang and Xia 1975 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Full reference: J. Z. Yang and F. S. Xia. 1975. Bryozoan fossils from the Mount Qomolangma Region. A report of scientific expedition in the Mount Jolmo Lungma Region (1966-1968) 1:39-70

Belongs to Meekopora according to S. Sakagami et al. 2006

See also Yang and Xia 1975

Sister taxa: Meekopora annulus, Meekopora bifurcata, Meekopora borealis, Meekopora clara, Meekopora columnaris, Meekopora conjunctiva, Meekopora delicata, Meekopora densa, Meekopora fungipora, Meekopora incrassata, Meekopora lunatifera, Meekopora magnusi, Meekopora modesta, Meekopora opima, Meekopora parilis, Meekopora polarica, Meekopora prosseri, Meekopora reniformis, Meekopora serpalis, Meekopora venusta

Type specimen: NIGP 23217. Its type locality is Selong South JSQ13, Nyalam County, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of China (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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