Fistulipora, M'Coy, 1849

Ernst, Andrej, 2016, Bryozoan fauna from the Permian (Artinskian-Kungurian) Zhongba Formation of southwestern Tibet, Palaeontologia Electronica (1946) 51 (9), pp. 1-59 : 3

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Genus FISTULIPORA M‘Coy, 1849 View in CoL

Type species. Fistulipora minor M‘Coy, 1849 . Carboniferous; England.

Diagnosis. Massive, encrusting, or ramose colonies. Cylindrical autozooecia with thin walls and complete diaphragms. Apertures rounded, possessing horseshoe-shaped lunaria. Autozooecia separated by the extrazooecial vesicular skeleton.

Remarks. Fistulipora M‘Coy, 1849 differs from Eridopora Ulrich, 1882 in having rounded, horseshoe-shaped lunaria instead of triangular ones. Furthermore, Eridopora develops persistently encrusting colonies, whereas Fistulipora may also develop massive and branched colonies.

Occurrence. Ordovician to Permian; worldwide.

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