Fistuliporidae Ulrich, 1882
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13652021 |
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Felipe |
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Fistuliporidae Ulrich, 1882 |
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Family Fistuliporidae Ulrich, 1882 View in CoL Genus Fistulipora M'Coy, 1849
Type species: Fistulipora minor M’Coy, 1850 , by original designation; Carboniferous , England .
Diagnosis.—Massive, encrusting or ramose colonies. Cylindrical autozooecia with thin walls and complete diaphragms. Apertures rounded, possessing distinct horseshoe shaped lunaria. Autozooecia separated by extrazooidal vesicular skeleton (after Utgaard 1983).
Remarks.—The similar genus Eridopora Ulrich, 1882 differs from Fistulipora M’Coy, 1849 in having persistently encrusting colonies and triangular lunaria.
Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Ordovician to Permian; worldwide.
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