Marcusodictyon

Marcusodictyon
Temporal range: late Cambrian–Early Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: Marcusodictyon
Bassler 1911
Species

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Marcusodictyon is a genus of problematic fossils. It has been considered the oldest bryozoan in several publications. Taylor (1984) revised the systematics of the genus and removed it from Bryozoa. The fossil constitutes a phosphatic network of low ridges that enclose polygons about 0.3–1.2 mm wide that are generally 6-sided but can be 4-, 5- or 7-sided. The internal microstructure of Marcusodictyon is composed of laminae parallel to external surfaces of ridges (Taylor 1984). Marcusodictyon occurs on late Cambrian and Tremadocian lingulate brachiopods of Baltica (Vinn 2015).

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