Cystodictya elegans Harlton 1933 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae

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 Cystodictya according to B. H. Harlton 1933

Sister taxa: Cystodictya angusta, Cystodictya incisurata, Cystodictya pustulosa

Type specimen: USNM 85541. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. 8, 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. 8

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