Amplexopora

Amplexopora Temporal range: from Ordovician to Permian, 466.0–268.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Polished section of the Upper Ordovician bryozoan Amplexopora with Trypanites borings. Collected in northern Kentucky.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Stenolaemata
Order:	Trepostomata
Genus:	Amplexopora

Amplexopora is a genus of bryozoans known in the rock record from the Ordovician to the Permian periods. Species belonging to this genus were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

Selected species[]

• Amplexopora gigantea Termier and Termier 1971
• Amplexopora tezakensis Termier and Termier 1971

Distribution[]

Fossils of this genus have been found in Permian of Afghanistan, in Silurian of Norway, Russia and United Kingdom and in Ordovician of Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, United States.

References[]

• Paleobiology Database
• Sepkoski's Online Genus Database

External links[]

• Fossils and strata of the Type Cincinnatian
• TAXA REPORTED FROM THE TYPE-CINCINNATIAN

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