Retepora dartmoorensis 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 Retepora according to D. A. Brown 1958

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

Type specimen: MGSV, 53085. Its type locality is Dartmoor, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine limestone in 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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