Thalamoporella elongata Canu and Bassler 1935 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Thalamoporellidae

Full reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1935. New species of Tertiary Cheilostome Bryozoa from Victoria, Australia. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections 93(9):1-54

Belongs to Thalamoporella according to F. Canu and R. S. Bassler 1935

Sister taxa: Thalamoporella arabiensis, Thalamoporella archiaci, Thalamoporella californica, Thalamoporella domifera, Thalamoporella dorothea, Thalamoporella gracilis, Thalamoporella granulata, Thalamoporella howchini, Thalamoporella kachchhensis, Thalamoporella kharinadiensis, Thalamoporella minuta, Thalamoporella reniformis, Thalamoporella rhombifera, Thalamoporella rozieri, Thalamoporella setosa, Thalamoporella tewarii, Thalamoporella transversa, Thalamoporella vinjhanensis, Thalamoporella voigti, Thalamoporella wynnei

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 85897.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mitchell River (Oligocene of Australia)

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