Trepostomatida

Trepostomatida (the trepostomates) is an extinct order of bryozoans in the class Stenolaemata.

Trepostomatida Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Esthoniopora, a trepostome from the Ordovician of Estonia (cross-section).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Lophophorata
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Stenolaemata
Order:	†Trepostomatida Ulrich 1882[1]
Families
Heterotrypidae Monticuliporidae[2]
Synonyms
Trepostomata Trepostomida

Trepostome bryozoan with bioerosion; Bellevue Formation, Upper Ordovician (Katian), northern Kentucky.

See also

• Taxonomy of commonly fossilised invertebrates

References

1. Redescription of type specimens of bryozoan Stigmatella from the Upper Ordovician of the Toronto region, Ontario (1973). By Fritz, Madeleine A., 1896, Royal Ontario Museum
2. New Monticuliporidae (Bryozoa, Trepostomata) from the Cystoid Limestone Formation (Upper Ordovician) of the Iberian Chains (NE Spain). Jimenez-Sanchez Andrea, Geodiversitas, 2010, vol. 32, no2, pages 177-199, INIST:22896890

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Heterotrypa sp., a trepostome bryozoan from the Corryville Formation (Upper Ordovician) in Covington, Kentucky.