Biology:Metastenodiscus

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Short description: Extinct genus of bryozoans

Metastenodiscus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Trepostomida
Family: †Stenoporidae
Genus: †Metastenodiscus
Ernst, Schäfer & Grant-Mackie, 2015

Metastenodiscus is an extinct genus of Triassic trepostome bryozoans of the family Stenoporidae. It is distinct from Stenodiscus because of the presence of cystiphragms and the presence of a wide range of sizes of acanthostyles.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ernst, Andrej; Schafer, Priska; Grant-Mackie, Jack A. (2015). "New Caledonian Triassic Bryozoa". Journal of Paleontology 89 (5): 730–747. doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.50. 

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