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Fenestella (bryozoan)
Extinct genus of bryozoans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fenestella is a genus of bryozoans or moss animals, forming fan–shaped colonies with a netted appearance. It is known from the Middle Ordovician to the early Upper Triassic (Carnian), reaching its largest diversity during the Carboniferous. Many hundreds of species have been described from marine sediments all over the world.
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Fenestella | |
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Fenestella, 14 mm wide, Couvin | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Bryozoa |
Class: | Stenolaemata |
Order: | †Fenestrida |
Family: | †Fenestellidae |
Genus: | †Fenestella Lonsdale, 1839 M'Coy, 1844 non Fenestella Röding, 1798 |
Type species | |
Fenestella antiqua d'Orbigny, 1852 | |
Synonyms | |
Fenestrella |
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