Cyrtopora

Cyrtopora
Cyrtopora
Temporal range: Valanginian - Maastrichtian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cyclostomatida
Genus: Cyrtopora
von Hagenow, 1851
Type species
Cyrtopora elegans
von Hagenow, 1851

Cyrtopora is an extinct genus from a class of marine Bryozoans, the cyclostomes. It lived from 140-65 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period of Europe.[1].

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=370&rank=phylum. Retrieved 2011-01-04.