Newly discovered species of cheilostomatid Bryozoa from the Miocene of western Kachchh, Gujarat, India

Cheilostomatid bryozoans are present in large quantities Miocene sediments of western Kachchh. A detailed investigation, as presented here, has yielded 11 species. Among them, two species – Canda ukirensis sp. nov. and Antropora ramaniaensis new to science. Five had already been reported from the same region, while a genus remaining three left open nomenclature pending an exhaustive study using better preserved material.