Skip to content
EntityQ2906812· pop 7· linked from 47 articles

Trepostomatida

Sign in to save

Also known as Trepostomata

thumb|right|Trepostome bryozoan with bioerosion; [[Bellevue Formation, Upper Ordovician (Katian), northern Kentucky.]]

Species

ORDER

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumBryozoa
  3. ClassStenolaemata
  4. OrderTrepostomatida
Habitatmarine, freshwater

via GBIF

Wikidata facts

Image
Prasopora.JPG
Show 1 more fact
taxon name
Trepostomatida
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Article

2 sections
Contents
  • References
  • External links

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.

Available in 6 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0

Connections

Categories