Pachythecella Bassler 1934 (bryozoan)

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

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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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