Kukersella is an extinct genus of bryozoan of the family Crownoporidae, known from the Ordovician period. Its colonies consist of cylindrical branches growing from an encrusting base.[2]
Kukersella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Bryozoa |
Class: | Stenolaemata |
Order: | Cyclostomatida |
Family: | †Crownoporidae |
Genus: | †Kukersella Toots, 1952 |
Species[1] | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
edit- †Kukersella borealis (Bassler, 1911)
- †Kukersella erratica Dzik, 1981
References
edit- ^ a b "Kukersella". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Ernst, Andrej; Key, Marcus (2007). "Upper Ordovician Bryozoa from the Montagne de Noire, Southern France". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (4): 365. Bibcode:2007JSPal...5..359E. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002155. S2CID 85115257.