Crepipora is an extinct genus of marine bryozoans belonging to the Ceramoporidae family. There are currently 18 collections from Belarus, Sweden, Canada, France and the United States (Missouri, Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee). It was first assigned to Cystoporata by Sepkoski in 2002. [4] The fossil range is from the Middle Ordovician to the Upper Ordovician.[5]

Crepipora
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Upper Ordovician[1]
sections of Crepipora subæquata and Crepipora perampla
sections of Crepipora subæquata and Crepipora perampla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cystoporida
Family: Ceramoporidae
Genus: Crepipora
Ulrich, 1882
Type species
Crepipora simulans Ulrich 1882[3]
Species

References

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  1. ^ Utgaard, John (1 January 1968). "A Revision of North America Genera of Ceramoporoid Bryozoans (Ectoprocta): Part II; Crepipora, Ceramoporella, Acanthoceramoporella, and Ceramophylla". Journal of Paleontology. 42 (6): 1444–1455. JSTOR 1302294.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Crepipora Ulrich, 1882 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-04-13.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "†Crepipora Ulrich 1882 (bryozoan)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Crepipora (bryozoan)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. ^ Spjeldnæs, Nils (Jan 1963). "A Redescription of the types species of the Bryozoan Genus Crepipoa". Journal of Paleontology. 37 (1): 64–68. JSTOR 1301403.