Biology:Pharopora
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Short description: Extinct genus of bryozoans
Pharopora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Bryozoa |
Class: | Stenolaemata |
Order: | †Cryptostomida |
Family: | †Rhabdomesidae |
Genus: | †Pharopora Wyse Jackson, Ernst & Suárez Andrés, 2017 |
Pharopora is an extinct genus of bryozoan of the family Rhabdomesidae that lived in the Mississippian period. It is characterized by colonies with branches possessing regular internodes and articulating cone-shaped terminations. It is the first genus of bryozoan in the family Rhabdomesidae with articulated (jointed) parts in its colonies.[1]
References
- ↑ Jackson, Patrick N. Wyse; Ernst, Andrej; Suarez Andres, Juan L (2017). "Articulation in the Family Rhabdomesidae (Cryptostomata: Bryozoa) from the Mississippian of Ireland". Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 35: 35–44. doi:10.3318/ijes.2017.35.35.
Wikidata ☰ Q107267425 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharopora.
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