Charixa cryptocauda Taylor 1986 (bryozoan)

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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