Cystoporata

Cystoporata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cystoporata

Cystoporata is an extinct order of Paleozoic bryozoans.[1] Their fossils are found from Ordovician to Permian strata.

All cystoporatan bryozoan genera (around 50 or so) have a "cystopore," a chamber-like supporting structure, separated from each other by transverse septa, situated between the characteristically elongated zooecias of each individual colony.[2]

References

  1. "Cystoporata".
  2. Lehmann, Ulrich (1983). Fossil Invertebrates. Cambridge University Press. p. 226. ISBN 9780521270281.
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