Charixa goshouraensis Dick et al. 2014 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

Full reference: M. H. Dick, T. Komatsu, R. Takashima and A. N. Ostrovsky. 2014. A mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) shell-rubble bryozoan fauna from the Goshoura Group, Kyushu, Japan. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12:401-425

Belongs to Charixa according to M. H. Dick et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Charixa cryptocauda, Charixa lhuydi, Charixa lindiensis, Charixa vennensis

Type specimen: NMNS-PA16867. Its type locality is Goshoura Island (Loc.1521), which is in an Albian shoreface sandstone in the Enokuchi Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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