Sertella nangeelaensis Brown 1958 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae

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

Belongs to Sertella according to D. A. Brown 1958

Sister taxa: Reteporella cellulosa, Reteporella doverensis, Reteporella granti, Reteporella mediocris, Reteporella quadripora, Reteporella rimata, Sertella dovedalensis, Sertella porcellana, Sertella fissa, Sertella mucronata, Sertella granulata, Retepora avicularis, Retepora lepida, Retepora bartrumi, Retepora incisura, Retepora flexuosa, Retepora dartmoorensis, Retepora tridentata, Retepora monilifera, Retepora marsupiata, Retepora fenestrata

Type specimen: MGSV, 53082. Its type locality is Nangeela, sample XXIII, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine claystone in Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nangeela, sample XXIII

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