Tessaradoma bifax Cheetham 1972 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Spiroporinidae

Full reference: A. H. Cheetham. 1972. Cheilostome Byrozoa of Late Eocene age from Eua, Tonga. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (640-E)

Belongs to Tessaradoma according to A. H. Cheetham 1972

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 169263. Its type locality is Sample 1, station 24686, collected by Y. Kendo 1967, which is in a Priabonian slope limestone/limestone in Tonga.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Tonga (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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