Mesonea Canu and Bassler 1920 (bryozoan)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
Parent taxon: Tubuliporidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bicrisina, Biidmonea, Biretepora, Bitubigera, Centronea, Clavicava, Clavitubigera, Crisinella, Crisisina, Erkosonea, Exidmonea, Idmidronea, Idmonella, Multitubigera, Pergensella, Platonea, Pleuronea, Radiocavea, Retecava, Semiclausa, Semitubigera, Tennysonia, Tretonea, Tubulipora, Zagorsekia, Protocrisina
Subtaxa: Mesonea radians
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Weymouth's Bore (Pliocene of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.