Trepostomatida

Trepostomatida (the trepostomates) is an extinct order of bryozoans in the class Stenolaemata.

Trepostomatida
Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Triassic
Esthoniopora, a trepostome from the Ordovician of Estonia (cross-section).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Lophophorata
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Trepostomatida
Ulrich 1882[1]
Families

Heterotrypidae
Monticuliporidae[2]

Synonyms
  • Trepostomata
  • Trepostomida
Trepostome bryozoan with bioerosion; Bellevue Formation, Upper Ordovician (Katian), northern Kentucky.

See also

References
  1. Redescription of type specimens of bryozoan Stigmatella from the Upper Ordovician of the Toronto region, Ontario (1973). By Fritz, Madeleine A., 1896, Royal Ontario Museum
  2. New Monticuliporidae (Bryozoa, Trepostomata) from the Cystoid Limestone Formation (Upper Ordovician) of the Iberian Chains (NE Spain). Jimenez-Sanchez Andrea, Geodiversitas, 2010, vol. 32, no2, pages 177-199, INIST:22896890
Heterotrypa sp., a trepostome bryozoan from the Corryville Formation (Upper Ordovician) in Covington, Kentucky.


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