†Gigantopora hystrix Canu and Bassler 1935 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae
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 Gigantopora according to F. Canu and R. S. Bassler 1935
Sister taxa: Gigantopora cribraria, Gigantopora elongata, Gigantopora grandis, Gigantopora hexagonalis, Gigantopora milenae, Gigantopora minutiporosa, Gigantopora modesta, Gigantopora perforata, Gigantopora polymorpha, Gigantopora tuberculosa
Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 85728.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Muddy Creek (Miocene of Australia)
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