Alternifenestella picchuensis Chronic 1949 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Alternative combination: Fenestrellina picchuensis

Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru

Belongs to Alternifenestella according to S. Sakagami 2004

See also Chronic 1949 and Chronic 1953

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

Type specimen: AMNH 26973/3:1. Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 41, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Bolivia (1 collection), Peru (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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