Lunulites patens Håkansson and Voigt 1996 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae

Full reference: E. Håkansson and E. Voigt. 1996. New free-living bryozoans from the northwest European Chalk. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 42:187-207

Belongs to Lunulites according to E. Håkansson and E. Voigt 1996

Sister taxa: Lunulites adunca, Lunulites canaliculata, Lunulites capulus, Lunulites conulus, Lunulites cretacea, Lunulites foveolata, Lunulites immensa, Lunulites ligulata, Lunulites microstoma, Lunulites parvicella, Lunulites pseudocretacea, Lunulites radiata, Lunulites rutella, Lunulites vespertilio

Type specimen: MGUH 23095. Its type locality is Nr. Flødal, Sample 1, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in Denmark.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Denmark (4 collections), Germany (3)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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