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Discotrypa

Classification

    Phylum:  
Bryozoa
    Subphylum:  
Ectoprocta
    Class:  
Gymnolaemata
    Order:  
Trepostomata
    Suborder:  
Integrata
    Family:  
Amplexoporidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Discotrypa ULR., 1882
    Type Species:  
Chaetetes elegans ULR., 1879


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Fig. 73, 4. *D. elegans (Ulr.), Ord. (Maysv.), Ohio, 4a, long. sec., 4b, surface, 4 c, tang. sec., all x20 (222)


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Geographic Distribution



Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Ord.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
486.85
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Dev.
    Ending International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
359.3


Description

Free or incrusting expansions, Zooecia thin-walled, apertures rhomboidal, Acanthopores lacking




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