Fossil Thalamoporellidae (Bryozoa) from Paleogene-Neogene sediments of western Kachchh, Gujarat, India Author Sonar, Mohan A. Department of Geology, Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Author Pawar, Ravi V. Department of Geology, Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Author Wayal, Dyaneshwar V. Department of Geology, Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-02-25 5104 2 251 274 journal article 20446 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.2.5 dc85c0df-79ee-4aab-b21d-2df3a61d8ac0 1175-5326 6280839 DE993A29-98B4-4DA0-85CF-9B8D4868A454 Thalamoporella tewarii Guha & Gopikrishna, 2004 ( Fig. 14 , Table 11 ) Thalamoporella tewarii Guha & Gopikrishna, 2004: 27 , figs 24, 25. Material examined. GIS/B 0326–0352. Yellow limestone, Murachbann, 2 km from Walaram Teerthdham, Chhasra Formation, lower Miocene (Burdigalian), 23 ° 30’10” N , 68 ° 52’99” E , elevation 91–93 m , 13 January 2011 , DST project, New Delhi . Description. Colony erect, cylindrical, stems dichotomously branching. Autozooids elongate-rectangular, mostly parallel-sided, bordered by raised, smooth, thin boundaries ( Fig. 14A ). Orifice subcircular, the arcuate distal margin thin, raised, the proximal edge wide and concave. Adoral area narrow, lacking tubercles. Two large longitudinally oval opesiules present near lateral walls, equal or unequal, deeply sunken. Cryptocyst sloping into opesiular region, perforated, sparsely granular ( Fig. 14B ). Avicularia unknown. Remarks. The present species accords with T. tewarii Guha & Gopikrishna, 2004 .