Smittinella wataepoolanensis Brown 1958 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Mucronellidae

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

Belongs to Smittinella according to D. A. Brown 1958

Sister taxa: Smittinella magna, Smittinella magniporosa, Smittinella osifera, Smittinella tatei, Smittinella woodi, Smittinella zealandiae

Type specimen: MGSV, 53073. Its type locality is Wataepoolan limestone, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene marine limestone in Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wataepoolan limestone

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