Lunostoma

Lunostoma
Temporal range: Middle Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Cryptostomata
Suborder:
Rhabdomesina
Family:
Rhomboporidae
Genus:
Lunostoma

Ernst et al., 2012

Lunostoma is an extinct genus of bryozoans which existed during the middle Devonian of what is now Germany, precisely from the Gerolstein syncline. It was described by Andrej Ernst, Paul D. Taylor, Jan Bohatý and Patrick N. Wyse Jackson in 2012, and the type species is L. pulchra.[1]

  1. ^ Andrej Ernst; Paul D. Taylor; Jan Bohatý; Patrick N. Wyse Jackson (2012). "Homeomorphy in Lunostoma, a new Middle Devonian cryptostome bryozoan". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 (2): 135–145. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0127-8. S2CID 129384447.