Cystodictya is a genus of prehistoric bryozoans in the extinct family Cystodictyonidae.

Cystodictya
Temporal range: 388.1–272.5 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cystoporida
Family: Cystodictyonidae
Genus: Cystodictya
Ulrich, 1882
Species
  • Cystodictya angusta
  • Cystodictya carbonaria (Meek, 1871)
  • Cystodictya crispata (Quenstedt, 1881)
  • Cystodictya divisa Rogers, 1900
  • Cystodictya elegans Harlton, 1933[1]
  • Cystodictya flexuosa Mather, 1915
  • Cystodictya gallensis
  • Cystodictya morrowensis Mather, 1915
  • Cystodictya sinuomarginata Mather, 1915

The species C. elegans is from the Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous) of the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma.

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References

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  1. ^ B. H. Harlton. 1933. Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):3-29
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  • "Cystodictya". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • "Cystodictya". Paleobiology Database.