Monticulipora

Monticulipora is an extinct genus of Ordovician bryozoans belonging to the family Monticuliporidae. It was first named in 1849, and its description was published the following year by French paleontologist Alcide M. d'Orbigny, making it one of the earliest bryozoans to be recognized in science. It is still one of the most widespread fossil bryozoan genera.^[1] Though colonies that grow in masses made of multiple layers are characteristic of the genus,^[2] its colonies have varying shapes, able to be encrusting, branching, massive, or frond-like, and are covered in monticules (bumps).^[3] Most Monticulipora species have distinctively granular walls, and Monticulipora and can be distinguished from Homotrypa by the presence of axial diaphragms.^[4]

Monticulipora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Stenolaemata
Order:	†Trepostomida
Family:	†Monticuliporidae
Genus:	†Monticulipora

Species

• Monticulipora mammulata D'Orbigny, 1850^[5]
• Monticulipora irregularis Jimenez-Sanchez, 2015^[6]
• Monticulipora cystiphragmata Jimenez-Sanchez, 2010^[7]
• Monticulipora grandis Ulrich, 1866

References

1. Jackson, Patrick N. Wyse; Jones, Mary E. Spencer (2002). "The Cincinnati Paleobryozoologists" (PDF). Annals of Bryozoology: Aspects of the History of Research on Bryozoans.
2. Jimenez-Sanchez, A (2010). "New Monticuliporidae (Bryozoa, Trepostomata) from the Cystoid Limestone Formation (Upper Ordovician) of the Iberian Chains (NE Spain)". Geodiversitas. 32 (2): 177–199. doi:10.5252/g2010n2a1. S2CID 130073253.
3. Boardman, Richard S.; Utgaard, John (September 1966). "A Revision of the Ordovician Bryozoan Genera Monticulipora, Peronopora, Heterotrypa, and Dekayia". Journal of Paleontology. 40 (5). SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology: 1093.
4. Bork, Kennard B.; Perry, T.G. (1968). "Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) of Champlainian Age (Middle Ordovician) from Northwestern Illinois and Adjacent Parts of Iowa and Wisconsin. Part III. Homotrypa, Orbignyella, Prasopora, Monticulipora, and Cyphotrypa". Journal of Paleontology. 42 (4): 1042–1065.
5. Jimenez-Sanchez, A (2010). "New Monticuliporidae (Bryozoa, Trepostomata) from the Cystoid Limestone Formation (Upper Ordovician) of the Iberian Chains (NE Spain)". Geodiversitas. 32 (2): 177–199. doi:10.5252/g2010n2a1. S2CID 130073253.
6. Jiménez-Sánchez, Andrea; Vennin, Enmanuelle; Villas, Enrique (2015). "Trepostomate bryozoans from the upper Katian (Upper Ordovician) of Morocco: gigantism in high latitude Gondwana platforms". Journal of Paleontology. 89 (2): 195–221. Bibcode:2015JPal...89..195J. doi:10.1017/jpa.2014.17. S2CID 129552864.
7. Jimenez-Sanchez, A (2010). "New Monticuliporidae (Bryozoa, Trepostomata) from the Cystoid Limestone Formation (Upper Ordovician) of the Iberian Chains (NE Spain)". Geodiversitas. 32 (2): 177–199. doi:10.5252/g2010n2a1. S2CID 130073253.