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Amplexopora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Trepostomata

Phylum
  
Bryozoa

Rank
  
Genus

Amplexopora

Similar
  
Hallopora, Stigmatella, Trepostomata, Constellaria, Hemiphragma

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.

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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.

    References

    Amplexopora Wikipedia