Cystodictyonidae is an extinct family of
bryozoans within the order
Cystoporida. Members of this
family
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have been known to live from the
Ordovician to the
Paleogene
The Paleogene ( ; British English, also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period, geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million yea ...
period.
Genera
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Acrogenia''
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Cystodictya''
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Dichotrypa''
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Filiramoporina''
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Lophoclema''
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Mongolodictya''
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Ptilocella''
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Semiopora''
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Stictocella''
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Sulcoretepora''
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Taeniopora''
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Thamnotrypa''
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Wysejacksonella''
References
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Cystoporida
Prehistoric bryozoans
Bryozoan families
Ordovician first appearances
Paleogene extinctions