Rhombopora nitidula Harlton 1933 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae

Full reference: B. H. Harlton. 1933. Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):3-29

Belongs to Rhombopora according to B. H. Harlton 1933

Sister taxa: Rhombopora annulus, Rhombopora bifurcata, Rhombopora communis, Rhombopora corticata, Rhombopora cylindrica, Rhombopora esthoniae, Rhombopora filiformis, Rhombopora granulata, Rhombopora gratiosa, Rhombopora hexagona, Rhombopora hindei, Rhombopora johnsvalleyensis, Rhombopora kawabei, Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Rhombopora multigranulata, Rhombopora optima, Rhombopora ornata, Rhombopora permiana, Rhombopora picchuensis, Rhombopora polyporata, Rhombopora subtilis, Rhombopora tenuis, Rhombopora yanbianensis

Type specimen: USNM 85539. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. H-48, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. H-48

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