Wilbertopora manubriformis Taylor and Martha 2017 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae

Full reference: P. D. Taylor and S. O. Martha. 2017. Cenomanian cheilostome bryozoans from Devon, England. Annales de Paléontologie 103:19-31

Belongs to Wilbertopora according to P. D. Taylor and S. O. Martha 2017

Sister taxa: Wilbertopora acuminata, Wilbertopora attenuata, Wilbertopora brandesi, Wilbertopora cheethami, Wilbertopora grandis, Wilbertopora hoadleyae, Wilbertopora improcera, Wilbertopora kavazosi, Wilbertopora listokinae, Wilbertopora mutabilis, Wilbertopora sannerae, Wilbertopora spatulifera, Wilbertopora tappanae

Type specimen: NHMUK BZ7773. Its type locality is White Hart Pit, Wilmington (Taylor collection), which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Beer Head Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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