Crepipora

Crepipora is an extinct genus of marine bryozoans belonging to the Ceramoporidae family. There are currently 18 collections from Belarus, Sweden, Canada, France and the United States (Missouri, Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee). It was first assigned to Cystoporata by Sepkoski in 2002. [4] The fossil range is from the Middle Ordovician to the Upper Ordovician.[5]

Crepipora
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Upper Ordovician[1]
sections of Crepipora subæquata and Crepipora perampla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Lophophorata
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cystoporida
Family: Ceramoporidae
Genus: Crepipora
Ulrich, 1882
Type species
Crepipora simulans Ulrich 1882[2]
Species
  • Crepipora epidermata Ulrich[3]
  • Crepipora globulifera Cullison, 1938[3][2]
  • Crepipora hemispherica Ulrich[3]
  • Crepipora impolita Ulrich[3]
  • Crepipora impressa Ulrich[3]
  • Crepipora incrassata Bassler 1911[3][2]
  • Crepipora lunatifera (Bassler, 1911)[3][2]
  • Crepipora perampla Ulrich[3]
  • Crepipora schmidti Bassler 1911[3][2]
  • Crepipora simulans Ulrich 1882[3][2]
  • Crepipora solida Ulrich[3]
  • Crepipora spatiosa Ulrich[3]
  • Crepipora subaequata Ulrich[3]
  • Crepipora venusta (Ulrich)[3]

References

  1. Utgaard, John (1 January 1968). "A Revision of North America Genera of Ceramoporoid Bryozoans (Ectoprocta): Part II; Crepipora, Ceramoporella, Acanthoceramoporella, and Ceramophylla". Journal of Paleontology. 42 (6): 1444–1455. JSTOR 1302294.
  2. "†Crepipora Ulrich 1882 (bryozoan)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. Crepipora Ulrich, 1882 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-04-13.
  4. "Crepipora (bryozoan)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. Spjeldnaes, Nils (Jan 1963). "A Redescription of the types species of the Bryozoan Genus Crepipoa". Journal of Paleontology. 37 (1): 64–68. JSTOR 1301403.
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