†Tessaradoma bifax Cheetham 1972 (bryozoan)
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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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