Amplexopora

Amplexopora is a genus of bryozoans known in the rock record from the Ordovician to the Permian periods. Species belonging to this genus were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

Amplexopora
Temporal range: from Ordovician to Permian, 466.0โ€“268.0 Ma
Fossils of Amplexopora petasifomis. Ordovician, Covington (Kentucky)
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Selected species

  • Amplexopora gigantea Termier and Termier 1971
  • Amplexopora tezakensis Termier and Termier 1971

Distribution

Fossils of this genus have been found in Permian of Afghanistan, in Silurian of Norway, Russia and United Kingdom and in Ordovician of Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, United States.

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