Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)
Belongs to Schizoporella according to D. A. Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Schizoporella arcana, Schizoporella butleri, Schizoporella clypeata, Schizoporella cumulata, Schizoporella doverensis, Schizoporella dunkeri, Schizoporella filiformis, Schizoporella geminipora, Schizoporella glebosa, Schizoporella informata, Schizoporella latisinuata, Schizoporella longirostris, Schizoporella ludbrookae, Schizoporella macgillivrayi, Schizoporella magnifica, Schizoporella mcbeanensis, Schizoporella orbiculifera, Schizoporella oviseparata, Schizoporella parvisinuata, Schizoporella pustulosa, Schizoporella roberti, Schizoporella scissa, Schizoporella sinudentata, Schizoporella sowerbyi, Schizoporella spectabilis, Schizoporella submersa, Schizoporella subquadrata, Schizoporella suffugium, Schizoporella tenuilamellosa, Schizoporella tetragona, Schizoporella unicornis
Type specimen: MGSV, 53039. 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 (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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