Dyscritellopsis montelloensis Schäfer et al. 2003 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Full reference: P. Schäfer, R. J. Cuffey, and A. R. Young. 2003. New trepostome bryozoa from the Early Triassic (Smithian/Spathian) of Nevada. Paläonotologische Zeitschrift 77(2):323-340

Belongs to Dyscritellopsis according to P. Schäfer et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Dyscritellopsis isoseptatus, Dyscritellopsis thaynesianus

Type specimen: 38b-21. Its type locality is Death Creek Valley, Nevada, which is in a Smithian/Spathian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Thaynes Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Death Creek Valley, Nevada

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