Retepora flexuosa d'Orbigny 1842 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae

Full reference: A. D. d'Orbigny. 1842. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale: (le Brésil, la République Orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivia, la République du Pérou), Exécuté Pendant les Années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, et 1833. Tome Troisième, 4e Partie: Paléontologie 1-188

Belongs to Retepora according to A. D. d'Orbigny 1842

Sister taxa: Reteporella cellulosa, Reteporella doverensis, Reteporella granti, Reteporella mediocris, Reteporella quadripora, Reteporella rimata, Sertella fissa, Sertella granulata, Sertella nangeelaensis, Sertella dovedalensis, Sertella mucronata, Sertella porcellana, Retepora bartrumi, Retepora dartmoorensis, Retepora incisura, Retepora avicularis, Retepora marsupiata, Retepora tridentata, Retepora monilifera, Retepora lepida, Retepora fenestrata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yaurichambi (d'Orbigny coll), which is in an Asselian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Bolivia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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