Hallopora

Hallopora
Hallopora multitabulata, Ordovician, Frankfort, Illinois
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Trepostomatida
Family: Halloporidae
Genus:
Bassler, 1911
Synonyms
  • Callopora Hall, 1851

Hallopora is an extinct genus of bryozoans of the family Halloporidae, first identified from the Lower Silurian period.[1] They can be found in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky of the Midwestern United States, commonly in the Ordovician Kope Formation.

Species

  • Hallopora elegantula (Hall, 1852)
  • Hallopora baltica
  • Hallopora magnopora

References

  1. ^ 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.