Foveolaria thomasi Brown 1958 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Foveolariidae

Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)

Belongs to Foveolaria according to D. A. Brown 1958

Sister taxa: Foveolaria curdiensis, Foveolaria marwicki

Type specimen: MGSV, 53004. Its type locality is Glenaulin, sample IV, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene marine limestone in the Wataepoolan limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (5 collections)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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