Rhinoporidae is an extinct family of

bryozoans 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 ...

within the order

Cystoporida Cystoporida, also known as Cystoporata or cystoporates, are an extinct order of Paleozoic bryozoans in the class Stenolaemata. Their fossils are found from Ordovician to Triassic The Triassic ( ; sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic peri ...

. There are currently 3 genera assigned to the family. Members of this family have lived from the

Ordovician The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and System (geology), system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era (geology), Era, and the second of twelve periods of the Phanerozoic Eon (geology), Eon. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years f ...

to the

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...

Genera

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Lichenalia ''Lichenalia'' is an extinct genus of cystoporate bryozoan belonging to the family Rhinoporidae. It is known from the Upper Ordovician to the Middle Silurian periods, which spanned from approximately 460 to 430 million years ago. The genus had a ...

'' * †'' Rhinopora'' * †'' Rhinoporella''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21293778 Cystoporida Bryozoan families Prehistoric bryozoans Paleozoic invertebrates Ordovician bryozoans Silurian bryozoans Devonian bryozoans