Sertella nangeelaensis Brown 1958 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae

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

Belongs to Sertella according to D. A. Brown 1958

Sister taxa: Reteporella cellulosa, Reteporella doverensis, Reteporella granti, Reteporella mediocris, Reteporella quadripora, Reteporella rimata, Retepora monilifera, Retepora incisura, Retepora bartrumi, Retepora lepida, Retepora fenestrata, Retepora flexuosa, Retepora tridentata, Retepora avicularis, Retepora marsupiata, Retepora dartmoorensis, Sertella porcellana, Sertella dovedalensis, Sertella mucronata, Sertella granulata, Sertella fissa

Type specimen: MGSV, 53082. Its type locality is Nangeela, sample XXIII, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine claystone in Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nangeela, sample XXIII

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