Coscinopleura

Coscinopleura is an extinct genus of prehistoric bryozoans in the family Coscinopleuridae. Species are from the Paleocene of Sweden and New Jersey, United States. C. elegans and C. angusta are from the Senonian and Danian of Denmark.^[2]

Coscinopleura Temporal range: 66.043–61.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Suborder:	Flustrina
Family:	Coscinopleuridae
Genus:	†Coscinopleura Marss.[1]
Species
Coscinopleura elegans Coscinpleura angusta

See also

• List of prehistoric bryozoan genera

References

1. Untersuchungen über Coscinopleura Marss.(Bryoz. foss.) und verwandte Gattungen. E Voigt, Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Staatsinstitut in …, 1956
2. Studies on the Bryozoan Species Coscinopleura Elegans and Coscinpleura Angusta N. sp. from the Senonian and Danian Deposits of Denmark. O Berthelsen, 1948

• Asexual propagation in the cheilostomes Metrarabdotos and Coscinopleura: Effects on genetic variation and larval productivity, p. 73–80. AH Cheetham, Bryozoan Studies 2001, Proceedings of the Twelfth …, 2002

External links

• "Coscinopleura" at the Encyclopedia of Life
• "Coscinopleura". Paleobiology Database.