Monticuliporidae is a family of
bryozoa
Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic animal, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary Colony (biology), colonies. Typically about long, they have a spe ...
ns belonging to the order
Trepostomata
Trepostomatida (the trepostomates) is an extinct Order (biology), order of Bryozoa, bryozoans in the Class (biology), class Stenolaemata. Trepostome bryozoans possessed mineralized calcitic skeletons and are frequently fossilized; some of the la ...
, characterized by branching, encrusting, or massive colonies with regularly spaced bumps on their surfaces. It is one of the earliest bryozoan families to arise, known from the early Ordovician period, but disappears from the fossil record after the late Silurian period. Monticuliporidae had a widespread geographical range and many genera had cosmopolitan distribution.
Genera
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Homotrypa''
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Mesotrypa
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Monticulipora''
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Prasopora''
References
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Bryozoan families
Prehistoric bryozoans
Trepostomata