Trepostomatida
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thumb|right|Trepostome bryozoan with bioerosion; [[Bellevue Formation, Upper Ordovician (Katian), northern Kentucky.]]
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumBryozoa
- ClassStenolaemata
- OrderTrepostomatida
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- Stenolaemata
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thumb|right|Trepostome bryozoan with bioerosion; [[Bellevue Formation, Upper Ordovician (Katian), northern Kentucky.]]
Trepostomatida (the trepostomates or trepostomes) is an extinct order of bryozoans in the class Stenolaemata. Trepostome bryozoans possessed mineralized calcitic skeletons and are frequently fossilized; some of the largest known fossilized bryozoan colonies are branching trepostomes and massive dome-shaped trepostomes. Trepostomes did not have many specialized zooecia beyond ordinary feeding autozooecia. The two main known heteromorphs are exilazooecia and mesozooecia, which had the purpose of maintaining regular spacing between autozooecia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trepostomatida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.