Dekayella Ulrich 1882 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae

Parent taxon: Heterotrypidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953

See also Bassler 1911 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asperopora, Atactopora, Dekayia, Eichwaldopora, Eridocampylus, Heterotrypa, Leioclema, Leptotrypa, Reptonoditrypa, Stigmatella

Subtaxa: Dekayella obscura Dekayella praenuntia

view classification

Type: Dekayella obscura

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Canada (7: Ontario), Estonia (2), United States (36: Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee)

Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.