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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Bryozoa |
Class: | Stenolaemata |
Order: | †Cystoporida Astrova, 1964 |
Cystoporida, also known as Cystoporataorcystoporates, are an extinct orderofPaleozoic bryozoans in the class Stenolaemata.[1] Their fossils are found from OrdoviciantoTriassic strata.[2]
All cystoporatan bryozoan genera (around 50 or so) have a "cystopore", a chamber-like supporting structure, separated from each other by transverse septa, situated between the characteristically elongated zooecia of each individual colony.[3][4]
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