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Hemitrypa

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Extinct genus of bryozoans

Hemitrypa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Fenestrida
Family: †Fenestellidae
Genus: †Hemitrypa

Hemitrypa is an extinct genus of bryozoans that lived from the Devonian to the Permian period, belonging to the family Fenestellidae. Like some other fenestrate bryozoans, it produced a skeletal superstructure to protect the colony.

References

  1. Andres, Juan Luis Suarez; Ernst, Andrej (2015). "Lower–Middle Devonian Fenestellidae (Bryozoa) of NW Spain: implications for fenestrate palaeobiogeography". Facies. 61.
  2. Ernst, Andrej (2012). "Diversity dynamics and evolutionary patterns of Devonian Bryozoa". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 93.
Taxon identifiers
Hemitrypa


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