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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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