Crepipora
| Crepipora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | †Cystoporida |
| Family: | †Ceramoporidae |
| Genus: | †Crepipora |
Crepipora is an extinct genus of marine bryozoan belonging to the Ceramoporidae family. There are currently 18 collections from Belarus, Sweden, Canada, France and the United States (Missouri, Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee). It was first assigned to Cystoporata by Sepkoski in 2002. There is one recognised species, Crepipora globulifera, which was described by J. S. Cullison in 1938.[1] The fossil range is from the Middle Ordovician to the Upper Ordovician.[2]
References
- ↑ "Crepipora (bryozoan)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ↑ Spjeldnaes, Nils (Jan 1963). "A Redescription of the types species of the Bryozoan Genus Crepipoa". Journal of Paleontology 37 (1): 64–68.
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