| Metastenodiscus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | †Trepostomida |
| Family: | †Stenoporidae |
| Genus: | †Metastenodiscus Ernst, Schäfer & Grant-Mackie, 2015 |
Metastenodiscus is an extinct genus of Triassic trepostome bryozoans of the family Stenoporidae. It is distinct from Stenodiscus because of the presence of cystiphragms and the presence of a wide range of sizes of acanthostyles.[1]
References
- ↑ Ernst, Andrej; Schafer, Priska; Grant-Mackie, Jack A. (2015). "New Caledonian Triassic Bryozoa". Journal of Paleontology. 89 (5): 730–747. doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.50. S2CID 131038063.
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