Biology:Cyrtopora

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Short description: Extinct genus of moss animals


Cyrtopora
Temporal range: Valanginian - Maastrichtian[1]
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Cyrtopora

von Hagenow, 1851[2]
Type species
Cyrtopora elegans
von Hagenow, 1851

Cyrtopora is an extinct genus from a class of marine Bryozoans, the cyclostomes. It lived from 140 - 66 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period of Europe.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=370&rank=phylum. Retrieved 2011-01-04. 
  2. Die Bryozoen der Maastrichter kreidebildung abgebildet und beschrieben. Karl Friedrich von Hagenow T. Fischer, 1851.

Wikidata ☰ Q5201041 entry