Crepipora Temporal range:
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sections of Crepipora subæquata and Crepipora perampla | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Bryozoa |
Class: | Stenolaemata |
Order: | † Cystoporida |
Family: | † Ceramoporidae |
Genus: | †
Crepipora Ulrich, 1882 |
Type species | |
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Crepipora simulans
Ulrich 1882
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Species | |
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Crepipora is an extinct genus of marine bryozoans belonging to the Ceramoporidae family. There are currently 18 collections from Belarus, Sweden, Canada, France and the United States (Missouri, Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee). It was first assigned to Cystoporata by Sepkoski in 2002. [4] The fossil range is from the Middle Ordovician to the Upper Ordovician. [5]