Meliceritites upohlavyensis Taylor and Zagorsek 2011 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Melicerititida - Eleidae

Full reference: P. D. Taylor and K. Zagorsek. 2011. Operculate cyclostome bryozoans (Eleidae) from the Bohemian Cretaceous. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 85:407-432

Belongs to Meliceritites according to P. D. Taylor and K. Zagorsek 2011

Sister taxa: Meliceritites acutissima, Meliceritites pseudoangulosa, Meliceritites stillativa, Meliceritites angulosa, Meliceritites kankensis, Meliceritites porosa, Meliceritites gracilis, Nodelea porosa, Chisma furcillata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lafarge Cement Quarry, Úpohlavy, which is in a Turonian offshore wackestone/marl in the Teplice Formation of Czechia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lafarge Cement Quarry, Úpohlavy

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