Mesotrypa

Mesotrypa is a genus of bryozoans known from the Ordovician period, first described in 1893. Its colonies consist of low masses, wider than they are thick, made of superimposed layers, with small monticules on the surface of the colony.[2]

Mesotrypa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Trepostomida
Family: Monticuliporidae
Genus: Mesotrypa
Ulrich, 1893[1]

References

  1. "Genus Mesotrypa Ulrich, 1893". FOSSIILID.INFO. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. Loeblich, Alfred R. (July 1942). "Bryozoa from the Ordovician Bromide Formation, Oklahoma". Journal of Paleontology. 16 (4): 422–423.


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