Alternifenestella major Nikiforova 1933 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Alternative combination: Fenestella major

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

Sister taxa: Spinofenestella absoluta, Spinofenestella antiensis, Spinofenestella aspratilis, Spinofenestella basleoensis, Spinofenestella geinitzi, Spinofenestella lata, Spinofenestella magna, Spinofenestella microfenestrata, Spinofenestella minuta, Spinofenestella popovi, Spinofenestella solida, Spinofenestella speciosa, Spinofenestella spinulosa, Spinofenestella subquadratopora, Spinofenestella surda, Spinofenestella tschernovi, Alternifenestella sayensis, Alternifenestella vagrantia, Alternifenestella tuberculifera, Alternifenestella pajerensis, Alternifenestella ampla, Alternifenestella cervoidea, Alternifenestella spitzbergensis, Alternifenestella minor, Alternifenestella greenharbourensis, Alternifenestella tribifurcata, Alternifenestella horologia, Alternifenestella cyclotriangulata, Alternifenestella esaulovae, Alternifenestella rarispinata, Alternifenestella absoluta, Alternifenestella nalivkini, Alternifenestella bifida, Alternifenestella argumentosa, Alternifenestella (Cervella), Alternifenestella indubia, Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Alternifenestella crassiseptata, Alternifenestella minuscula, Alternifenestella megacapillaris, Alternifenestella spinifera, Alternifenestella invisitata, Alternifenestella picchuensis, Alternifenestella kungurensis, Alternifenestella sublonga

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jiabu Section, Dzaghar Chu Formation, sample HT290, Tibet (Carboniferous of China)

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