†Metradolium Canu and Bassler 1920 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae
Full reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. Smithsonian Institute Bulletin 106:1-843
Parent taxon: Stomachetosellidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Cheetham 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cigclisula, Cycloperiella, Diastosula, Leiosella, Metrocrypta, Pachyegis, Posterula, Ragionula, Schizemiella, Stomachetosella
Subtaxa: Metradolium areolatum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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