Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)
Belongs to Palmicellaria according to D. A. Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Palmicellaria convoluta, Palmicellaria finlayi, Palmicellaria magna, Palmicellaria ornata, Palmicellaria otwayensis, Palmicellaria punctata, Palmicellaria quadrifrons
Type specimen: MGSV, 53053. Its type locality is Glenelg Group (Myaring Beds), which is in a Miocene/Oligocene marine marl 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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