New Fossil Steginoporellid and Schizoporellid Species (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the Tertiary Sequences of Western Kachchh, Gujarat and their Significance

Five new fossil species, three of the family Steginoporellidae Hincks (Labioporella bassleri, Labioporella hariparensis and Steginoporella bhujensis) and two of the family Schizoporellidae Jullien (Schizoporella sowerbyi and Therenia indica), from the Tertiary sequences of western Kachchh Gujarat are described and illustrated. Significance of the evolutionary, biogeographical and paleoecological aspects of some of these taxa is added.