Cribrilinidae

Ascophora
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent
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Cribrilinidae

Hincks, 1879
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The Cribrilinidae family is a part of the suborder Ascophora within the bryozoans. They are characterized by numerous spinose ribs (costae) overarching the frontal membrane of each zooid.

The family was first described by Thomas Hincks in 1879.[1]

Classification

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The diverse nature of the large number of genera included in this family (115) may require it to be split into several families.

  • Family Cribrilinidae

References

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  1. ^ Bock, P. (2023). "World List of Bryozoa. Cribrilinidae Hincks, 1879". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Ehrhard Voigt; Dennis P. Gordon (1995). "Ascancestor and Confusocella-two new genera of cheilostomate Bryozoa from the Upper Cretaceous with transitional frontal-shield morphologies". Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A Geologie und Paläontologie. 16: 15–23. doi:10.23689/FIDGEO-5944. Wikidata Q122708022.