Mesenteripora jamesi Gordon and Taylor 2015 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae

Full reference: D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor. 2015. Bryozoa of the Early Eocene Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-88

Belongs to Mesenteripora according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015

Sister taxon: Mesenteripora michelini

Type specimen: IGNS BZ244. Its type locality is Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island, which is in an Eocene transition zone/lower shoreface tuff in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island

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