Metradolium Canu and Bassler 1920 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae

Full reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. Smithsonian Institute Bulletin 106:1-843

Parent taxon: Stomachetosellidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Cheetham 1962 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cycloperiella, Fatkullina, Junerossia, Lepralioides, Marcusadorea, Metrocrypta, Pachyegis, Schizemiella, Stephanotrema, Stomachetosella, Stomacrustula, Tremoschizodina, Tremoschizodininae

Subtaxa: Metradolium areolatum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (7: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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