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 sublonga, Alternifenestella megacapillaris, Alternifenestella cervoidea, Alternifenestella tribifurcata, Alternifenestella invisitata, Alternifenestella minor, Alternifenestella tuberculifera, Alternifenestella indubia, Alternifenestella pajerensis, Alternifenestella vagrantia, Alternifenestella cyclotriangulata, Alternifenestella nalivkini, Alternifenestella spitzbergensis, Alternifenestella ampla, Alternifenestella sayensis, Alternifenestella kungurensis, Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Alternifenestella bifida, Alternifenestella absoluta, Alternifenestella argumentosa, Alternifenestella greenharbourensis, Alternifenestella picchuensis, Alternifenestella esaulovae, Alternifenestella spinifera, Alternifenestella rarispinata, Alternifenestella crassiseptata, Alternifenestella minuscula, Alternifenestella horologia, Alternifenestella (Cervella)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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