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Ptilodictya

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Ptilodictya
Temporal range: 460.9–383.7 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cryptostomida
Family: Ptilodictyidae
Genus: Ptilodictya
Lonsdale, 1839
Type species
Ptilodictya lanceolata[1]
(Goldfuss, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Heterodictya Nicholson, 1875

Ptilodictya is an extinct genus of bryozoan of the family Ptilodictyidae. It formed bifoliate branched colonies, with branches ranging from under 1 to 3 mm wide. Colonies' autozooecia are rectangular and autozooecial apertures are in the shape of rounded rectangles.[2]

Species

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Species include:[1]

  • Ptilodictya ensiformis (Hall, 1852)
  • Ptilodictya gladiola Billings, 1866
  • Ptilodictya sulcata Billings, 1866
  • Ptilodictya exiliformis Ernst, 2007

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ptilodictya". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 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 135188343.628-657&rft.date=2019&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:135188343#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/jpa.2018.101&rft_id=info:bibcode/2019JPal...93..628E&rft.aulast=Ernst&rft.aufirst=Andrej&rft.au=Brett, Carlton E.&rft.au=Wilson, Mark A.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ptilodictya" class="Z3988">