Plagiosmittia australis Brown 1958 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae

Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)

Belongs to Plagiosmittia according to D. A. Brown 1958

Sister taxon: Plagiosmittia porelloides

Type specimen: MGSV, 53060. Its type locality is Wataepoolan limestone, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene marine limestone in Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wataepoolan limestone

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