Aspidostoma gleddeni Håkansson et al. 2024 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae

Full reference: E. Håkansson, D. P. Gordon, and P. D. Taylor. 2024. Bryozoa from the Maastrichtian Korojon Formation, Western Australia. Fossils and Strata 70:1-155

Belongs to Aspidostoma according to E. Håkansson et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Aspidostoma airense, Aspidostoma cavatum, Aspidostoma cinnabarina, Aspidostoma clava, Aspidostoma curvatum, Aspidostoma duoavicularia, Aspidostoma enchiridium, Aspidostoma gelasinus, Aspidostoma litotes, Aspidostoma obesum, Aspidostoma onychocelliferum, Aspidostoma titan, Aspidostoma turricula, Aspidostoma twinn

Type specimen: WAM 2022.97. Its type locality is Sample K2, Section Hill, Cardabia Station, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore ramp chalk in the Korojon Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sample K2, Section Hill, Cardabia Station

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