Crockfordia grantonensis Crockford 1943 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Maychellinidae

Alternative combination: Stenopora grantonensis

Full reference: J. M. Crockford. 1943. Permian Bryozoa of eastern Australia, part III: Batostomellidae and Fenestrellinidae from Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 76:258-267

Belongs to Crockfordia according to I. P. Morozova 2004

See also Crockford 1943 and Reid 2003

Sister taxa: Crockfordia bruteni, Crockfordia cylindrica, Crockfordia multinodata

Type specimen: Sydney Univ 2446. Its type locality is Granton Quarry, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Berriedale Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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