Moyerella is an extinct genus of bryozoan of the family Arthrostylidae, known from the Upper Ordovician and Lower Silurian periods. Its colonies are branching or segmented, generally articulated (jointed). Its autozooecia are short tubes that appear triangular in cross section within the endozone, bending abruptly when reaching the exozone. The autozooecial apertures are round and aligned into diagonal rows, and paired heterozooecia occur between the autozooecial apertures.[2]

Moyerella
Temporal range: 455.8–436.0 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cryptostomida
Family: Nematotrypidae
Genus: Moyerella
Nekhoroshev, 1956
Type species
Moyerella stellata
Nekhoroshev, 1956
Species[1]

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Species

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  • Moyerella consona Gorjunova, 1985
  • Moyerella delicata Kopaevich, 1975
  • Moyerella francisca (Bassler, 1911)
  • Moyerella isfaraensis Nekhorosheva, 1988
  • Moyerella magna Kopaevich, 1975
  • Moyerella obscura (Astrova, 1965)
  • Moyerella parva Ernst, Brett & Wilson, 2019
  • Moyerella robusta Kopaevich, 1975
  • Moyerella stellata Nekhoroshev, 1956
  • Moyerella tjanshanica Nekhorosheva, 1988

References

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  1. ^ "Moyerella". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ Ernst, Andrej; Brett, Carlton E.; Wilson, Mark A. (2019). "Bryozoan fauna from the Reynales Formation (lower Silurian, Aeronian) of New York, USA". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (4): 628–657. Bibcode:2019JPal...93..628E. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.101. S2CID 135188343.