Mesotrypa Ulrich 1893 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae

Parent taxon: Monticuliporidae according to A. D. Adamcyzk and J. F. Pachut 2013

See also Bassler 1911, Bassler 1953, Ernst and Nakrem 2012 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acantholaminatus, Aspidopora, Atactoporella, Dittoporinae, Gortanipora, Homotrypa, Homotrypella, Monticulipora, Orbignyella, Peronopora, Peronoporella, Prasopora, Prasoporina

Subtaxa: Mesotrypa discoidea Mesotrypa egena Mesotrypa expressa Mesotrypa infida Mesotrypa milleporacea Mesotrypa orientalis

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Type: Diplotrypa infida

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Belarus (1 collection), Canada (7: Northwest Territories), Sweden (2), United States (26: New York)

• Uhaku of Sweden (1)

• Ordovician of Canada (10: Ontario), Estonia (13), France (2), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1), United States (19: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 85 collections including 96 occurrences

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