Orectodictya is an extinct genus of ptilodictyoid bryozoans known from Ordovician fossils found in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1] It is monotypic, containing the single species Orectodictya pansa.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | †Cryptostomida |
| Family: | †Rhinidictyidae |
| Genus: | †Orectodictya Karklins, 1983 |
| Species: | †O. pansa
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| †Orectodictya pansa Karklins, 1983
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References
edit- ^ Karklins, Olgerts L. (1983). "Ptilodictyoid Cryptostomata Bryozoa from the Middle and Upper Ordovician Rocks of Central Kentucky". Journal of Paleontology. 57 (S14): 1–31. Bibcode:1983JPal...57S...1K. doi:10.1017/S0022336000061953. S2CID 250348317.
- ^ "Orectodictya". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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