Metastenodiscus kawhiae Schäfer and Grant-Mackie 1994 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Alternative combination: Stenodiscus kawhiae

Full reference: P. Schäfer and J. Grant-Mackie. 1994. Triassic Bryozoa from the Murihiku and Torlesse Supergroups, New Zealand. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 16:1-52

Belongs to Metastenodiscus according to A. Ernst et al. 2016

See also Schäfer and Grant-Mackie 1994

Sister taxon: Metastenodiscus zealandicus

Type specimen: AU J38a-i. Its type locality is Ar12, Arawi coast, Kawhia (R15/8947), which is in a Warepan marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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