Newly discovered species of cheilostomatid Bryozoa from the Miocene of western Kachchh, Gujarat, India Author Sonar, Mohan A. AE9F00AE-C936-4C1D-8C76-19F761D6ADE1 Department of Geology, Government Institute of Science, Nipat Niranjan Nagar, Caves Road, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431004, India. drmohansonar398@gmail.com Author Pawar, Ravi V. 0843934D-033C-4199-A8BB-005BBB4E95AA Department of Geology, Government Institute of Science, Nipat Niranjan Nagar, Caves Road, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431004, India. ravi4geology@gmail.com Author Wayal, Dnyaneshwar V. C93FC38C-7CB9-4511-BC3C-AF5D09D13A08 Department of Geology, Government Institute of Science, Nipat Niranjan Nagar, Caves Road, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431004, India. wayaldnyaneshwar@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-05-24 821 16 39 http://zoobank.org/6dd16dfe-028a-4454-8df7-64150836813e journal article 56750 10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1795 98e75316-f8a2-4557-9e65-2bae83d36768 2118-9773 6580782 6DD16DFE-028A-4454-8DF7-64150836813E Micropora vredenburgi Guha & Gopikrishna, 2005 Fig. 9 ; Table 8 Micropora vredenburgi Guha & Gopikrishna, 2005d: 147 , pl. III figs 2–3. Material examined INDIA6 specs; yellowish limestone at cliff section of Waior-Charopadi stream near Waghot , Burdigalian , lower Miocene , Chhasra Formation; 23°25′55″ N , 68°42′40″ E ; Jan.–Feb. 2012 ; Pawar leg.; GIS/B 0516 to 0521 . Description Colony encrusting, unilaminar. Autozooecia vase shaped or subhexagonal, arranged quincuncially ( Fig. 9A ). Cryptocyst extensive, flat, surface coarsely granular and with fine pseudopores, slightly bulging in middle, sinking distally and near opesiules, bordered by thick, raised mural rim. Opesiules small, slit like, placed at proximolateral corners of orifice near lateral margins. Orifice semielliptical, wider than long, arched distally, proximal edge concave. Ooecia small, semi-immersed, smooth, with semicircular frontal surface ( Fig. 9B ). Avicularia not observed. Remarks All the essential characters agree with Micropora vredenburgi Guha & Gopikrishna, 2005 . However, the interzooecial avicularia observed by Guha & Gopikrishna (2005) were not noticed in the present specimens.