Constellaria

Constellaria
Constellaria
Temporal range: Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cystoporida
Family: Constellariidae
Genus: Constellaria
Dana, 1846
Type species
Constellaria constellata
Dana, 1849

Constellaria is an extinct genus of bryozoan from the Ordovician.

References

  • Dinosaurs to Dodos: An Encyclopedia of Extinct Animals by Don Lessem and Jan Sovak
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