†Charixa cryptocauda Taylor 1986 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae
Full reference: P. D. Taylor. 1986. Charixa Lang and Spinicharixa gen. nov., cheilostome bryozoans from the Lower Cretaceous. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 40:197-222
Belongs to Charixa according to P. D. Taylor 1986
Sister taxa: Charixa goshouraensis, Charixa lhuydi, Charixa lindiensis, Charixa vennensis
Type specimen: SAM PCZ7306. Its type locality is Locality 51, north of Hluhluwe, Bed 12, which is in an Albian marine siltstone in the Mzinene Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality 51, north of Hluhluwe, Bed 12
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