Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Full reference: D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor. 1999. Latest Paleocene to earliest Eocene bryozoans from Chatham Island, New Zealand. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London: Geology Series 55(1):1-45
Parent taxon: Aspidostomatidae according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
See also Gordon and Taylor 1999
Sister taxa: Aspidostoma, Crateropora, Macropora, Odontionella, Semiescharinella
Subtaxa: Melychocella bilamellata Melychocella cynura Melychocella obliqua
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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