†Pachythecella Bassler 1934 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Tessaradomidae
Synonym: Pachytheca Canu 1913 [replaced name]
Full reference: R. S. Bassler. 1934. Notes on fossil and recent Bryozoa. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 24:404-408
Parent taxon: Tessaradomidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1934, Bassler 1953, Canu and Bassler 1935 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Beisselina, Sendinopora
Subtaxa: Pachythecella armata Pachythecella unifasciata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
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