Leptotrypa

Leptotrypa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Trepostomida
Family: †Atactotoechidae
Genus: †Leptotrypa
Ulrich, 1883

Leptotrypa is an extinct genus of bryozoans of the family Atactotoechidae that formed unifoliate encrusting colonies, growing on surfaces like the shells of brachiopods.[1]

References

  1. ^ Tolokonnikova, Z.A.; Pakhnevich, A.B. (2019). "Bryozoans and Brachiopods from the Famennian (Upper Devonian) of the Central Russian Platform". Paleontological Journal. 53 (1): 44-51. Bibcode:2019PalJ...53...44T. doi:10.1134/S0031030119010106. S2CID 182157519.