Cystoporida

Cystoporida
Sulcoretepora deissi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Cystoporida
Astrova, 1964

Cystoporida, also known as Cystoporata or cystoporates, are an extinct order of Paleozoic bryozoans in the class Stenolaemata.[1] Their fossils are found from Ordovician to Triassic strata.[2]

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 zooecia of each individual colony.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Pachut, J. F.; Horowitz, A. S. (2013). "Cladistic assignment of specimens to species of the cystoporate bryozoan genera Strotopora Ulrich and Cliotrypa Ulrich and Bassler using gap-coded characters". Journal of Paleontology. 87 (2): 197. doi:10.1666/11-125R.1.
  3. ^ Lehmann, Ulrich (1983). Fossil Invertebrates. Cambridge University Press. p. 226. ISBN 9780521270281.
  4. ^ Astrova, G.G. (1965-09-01). "A new order of Paleozoic Bryozoa". International Geology Review. 7 (9): 1622–1628. doi:10.1080/00206816509474214. ISSN 0020-6814.