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Metastenodiscus is an extinct genus of Triassic trepostome bryozoans of the family Stenoporidae. It is distinct from Stenodiscus because of the presence of cystiphragms and the presence of a wide range of sizes of acanthostyles.[1]
Metastenodiscus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Bryozoa |
Class: | Stenolaemata |
Order: | †Trepostomida |
Family: | †Stenoporidae |
Genus: | †Metastenodiscus Ernst, Schäfer & Grant-Mackie, 2015 |
References
edit- ^ Ernst, Andrej; Schafer, Priska; Grant-Mackie, Jack A. (2015). "New Caledonian Triassic Bryozoa". Journal of Paleontology. 89 (5): 730–747. Bibcode:2015JPal...89..730E. doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.50. S2CID 131038063.