Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)
Belongs to Porella according to D. A. Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Porella angustata, Porella baculina, Porella concreta, Porella cylindrorostris, Porella dennanti, Porella excavata, Porella flabellaris, Porella marsupium, Porella otwayensis, Porella rhomboidalis, Porella tiorioriensis, Porella tuberosa
Type specimen: MGSV, 53055. 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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