2015 in bryozoan paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils . ^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks ( ichnites ), burrows , cast-off parts, fossilised feces ( coprolites ), palynomorphs and chemical residues . Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science . This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2015.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acantholunaria [2]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A cystoporate bryozoan. The type species is Acantholunaria expansa.
Adeonellopsis incompta [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An adeonid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Adeonellopsis .
Amphiblestrum paleogenicum [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A calloporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Amphiblestrum .
Amplexopora crassiparietum [4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	An amplexoporid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Amplexopora .
Amplexopora evae [4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	An amplexoporid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Amplexopora .
Andreella dubia [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A microporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Andreella .
Anaphragma undulata [5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez, Vennin & Villas	Ordovician (late Katian)		Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Anaphragma .
Aostipora elongata [6]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez in Jiménez-Sánchez, Villas & Vennin	Ordovician (late Katian)	Khabt-el-Hajar Formation	Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Aostipora .
Arachnopusia dimorpha [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An arachnopusiid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Arachnopusia .
Arthropoma renipora [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A lacernid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Arthropoma .
Aspidostoma clava [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Aspidostoma .
Aspidostoma gelasinus [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Aspidostoma .
Aspidostoma twinn [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Aspidostoma .
Atactoporella moroccoensis [5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez, Vennin & Villas	Ordovician (late Katian)		Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Atactoporella .
Baculopora redondensis [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A member of Fenestrata belonging to the family Acanthocladiidae; a species of Baculopora .
Bryopesanser bragai [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian to Serravallian)		Indonesia	An escharinid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Bryopesanser .
Bryopesanser sanfilippoae [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Burdigalian-Langhian boundary to Serravallian)		Indonesia	An escharinid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Bryopesanser .
Buffonellaria sagittaria [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A celleporid celleporoid bryozoan, a species of Buffonellaria .
Caberoides gordoni [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A catenicellid bryozoan, a species of Caberoides .
Cavernella asturica [9]	Sp. nov	Valid	Suárez Andrés & Ernst	Devonian	Moniello Formation	Spain	A member of the family Fenestellidae.
Celiopsis [10]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Zágoršek, Gordon & Vávra	Eocene to Oligocene		Austria   Hungary   Italy   Poland   Slovakia   Spain	A chlidoniopsid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Celiopsis vici; genus also contains "Crisidia" vindobonensis Reuss (1847) and "Chlidoniopsis" vavrai Zágoršek (2003).
Cellaria bicuspidata [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cellariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Cellaria .
Cellaria gigas [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cellariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Cellaria .
Cellaria inarticulata [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cellariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Cellaria .
Cellaria palatum [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cellariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Cellaria .
Chaperiopsis cookae [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A chaperiid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Chaperiopsis .
Chataimulosia revelator [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A lepraliellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Chataimulosia .
Cladobryopastor [3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A bryopastorid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Cladobryopastor philipi.
Conopeum stamenocelloides [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cheilostome bryozoan. Originally described as a species of Conopeum ; Dick, Sakamoto & Komatsu (2018) transferred this species to the genus Kenocharixa. [11]
Curvipora [2]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A cystoporate bryozoan. The type species is Curvipora monostylata.
Cyphotrypa regularis [6]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez in Jiménez-Sánchez, Villas & Vennin	Ordovician (late Katian)	Khabt-el-Hajar Formation	Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Cyphotrypa .
Cystodictya gallensis [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A cystoporate bryozoan belonging to the family Cystodictyonidae; a species of Cystodictya .
Dactylostega spiralis [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A foveolariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Dactylostega .
Diedropora [3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An adeonoid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Diedropora gravabilis.
Dybowskiella piriforme [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A cystoporate bryozoan belonging to the family Fistuliporidae; a species of Dybowskiella .
Dybowskiella rotunda [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A cystoporate bryozoan belonging to the family Fistuliporidae; a species of Dybowskiella .
Dyscritella ornata [12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Dyscritella perforata [13]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova et al.	Devonian (latest Famennian)	Comblain-au-Pont Formation	Belgium	A dyscritellid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Dyscritella .
Eridopora suarezi [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A cystoporate bryozoan belonging to the family Fistuliporidae; a species of Eridopora .
Exechonella chathamensis [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An exechonellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exechonella .
Exochella abigailae [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exochella .
Exochella linearis [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exochella .
Exochella reidae [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exochella .
Exochella woodae [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exochella .
Fabifenestella macrofenestrata [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A member of Fenestrata belonging to the family Fenestellidae; a species of Fabifenestella .
?Filaguria kalimantanensis [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Serravallian)		Indonesia	A cribrilinid bryozoan, possibly a species of Filaguria .
Fistulipora tolokonnikovae [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A cystoporate bryozoan belonging to the family Fistuliporidae; a species of Fistulipora .
Floridina elegans [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An onychocellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Floridina .
Gephyrotes moissettei [14]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Rosso	Miocene (Tortonian)		Italy	A member of Ascophora belonging to the family Cribrilinidae.
Gigantopora milenae [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Serravallian)		Indonesia	A gigantoporid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Gigantopora .
Gigantopora grandis [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A gigantoporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Gigantopora .
Gigantopora modesta [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A gigantoporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Gigantopora .
Gorjunopora [8]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France   Russia	A member of Fenestrata belonging to the family Acanthocladiidae. The type species is Gorjunopora gallica; genus also includes Gorjunopora triangulata (Schulga-Nesterenko, 1955).
Hemicyclopora dissidens [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Hemicyclopora .
Hemicyclopora ventricosa [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Hemicyclopora .
Heminematopora gaetula [15]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Jiménez-Sánchez & Baidder	Ordovician (Katian)		Morocco	A species of Heminematopora .
Hemitrypa adversa [9]	Sp. nov	Valid	Suárez Andrés & Ernst	Devonian	Moniello Formation	Spain	A member of the family Fenestellidae.
Hemitrypa terentei [9]	Sp. nov	Valid	Suárez Andrés & Ernst	Devonian	Moniello Formation	Spain	A member of the family Fenestellidae.
Heteropora scholzi [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cerioporid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Heteropora .
Heterotrypa ringerikense [4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	A heterotrypid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Heterotrypa .
?Hippomenella devatasae [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A romancheinid lepralielloid bryozoan, possibly a species of Hippomenella .
?Hippomenella uniserialis [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A romancheinid lepralielloid bryozoan, possibly a species of Hippomenella .
Hippopleurifera barbosae [16]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ramalho et al.	Miocene	Pirabas Formation	Brazil	A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the superfamily Lepralielloidea and the family Romancheneidae, a species of Hippopleurifera .
Hippopleurifera confusa [16]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ramalho et al.	Miocene	Pirabas Formation	Brazil	A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the superfamily Lepralielloidea and the family Romancheneidae, a species of Hippopleurifera .
Hippopodina indicata [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian to Langhian)		Indonesia	A hippopodinid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Hippopodina .
Hyporosopora nana [17]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Bosch & Taylor	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Matmor Formation	Israel	A plagioeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Hyporosopora .
Hyporosopora negevensis [17]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Bosch & Taylor	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Matmor Formation	Israel	A plagioeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Hyporosopora .
Idmonea snehi [17]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Bosch & Taylor	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Matmor Formation	Israel	A multisparsid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Idmonea .
Illusiopora [3]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A schizoporelloid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Illusiopora bifax; genus also contains Illusiopora recta.
Isostylus veserensis [18]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Tolokonnikova & Denayer	Devonian (late Frasnian)		Belgium	A species of Isostylus .
Lacerna ordinaria [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A lacernid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Lacerna .
Lagenipora sciutoi [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A celleporid celleporoid bryozoan, a species of Lagenipora .
Lenapora gurievensis [19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan, a species of Lenapora .
Leptotrypa enodis [2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A trepostome bryozoan, a species of Leptotrypa .
Leptotrypa hexagona [12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Leptotrypa perforata [2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A trepostome bryozoan, a species of Leptotrypa .
Macrocamera obesa [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An eminooeciid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Macrocamera .
Margaretta amitabhae [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Burdigalian-Langhian boundary to Serravallian)		Indonesia	A margarettid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Margaretta .
Marssonopora connexa [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A calloporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Marssonopora .
Mediaporina kiaeri [4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	An arthrostylid cryptostome bryozoan, a species of Mediaporina .
Megacanthopora enodata [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A member of Cryptostomata belonging to the family Rhomboporidae; a species of Megacanthopora .
Melychocella bilamellata [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Melychocella .
Melychocella obliqua [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Melychocella .
Mesenteripora jamesi [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A plagioeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Mesenteripora .
Microeciella yoavi [17]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Bosch & Taylor	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Matmor Formation	Israel	An oncousoeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Microeciella .
Micropora chathamica [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A microporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Micropora .
Monticulipora globulata [5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez, Vennin & Villas	Ordovician (late Katian)		Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Monticulipora .
Monticulipora irregularis [5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez, Vennin & Villas	Ordovician (late Katian)		Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Monticulipora .
Moyanopora [3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An arachnopusiid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Moyanopora hugoi.
Multescharellina pisiformis [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A lepraliellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Multescharellina .
Myriapora sciutoi [20]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rosso & Di Martino	Miocene (Tortonian and Messinian) to Pleistocene (Gelasian)		Italy   Morocco	A member of Neocheilostomina belonging to the family Myriaporidae; a species of Myriapora .
Nematopora rara [19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan, a species of Nematopora .
Nikiforovastylus [13]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova et al.	Devonian (latest Famennian)	Comblain-au-Pont Formation	Belgium	A nikiforovellid cryptostome bryozoan. The type species is Nikiforovastylus ourthensis.
Nikiforovella dinantia [13]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova et al.	Devonian (latest Famennian)	Comblain-au-Pont Formation	Belgium	A nikiforovellid cryptostome bryozoan, a species of Nikiforovella .
Nikiforovella tobolensis [21]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)		Russia
Ogiva ellinorvoigtae [22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Martha et al.	Cretaceous (middle Santonian)	Gehrden Formation	Germany	An onychocellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Ogiva .
Onychocella exilis [23]	Sp. nov	Valid	Koromyslova & Shcherbinina	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Uzbekistan	An onychocellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Onychocella .
Onychocella subtriangulata [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An onychocellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Onychocella .
Orthopora worsleyi [4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	A rhabdomesid cryptostome bryozoan, a species of Orthopora .
Osthimosia aurora [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A celleporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Osthimosia .
Osthimosia curiosa [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A celleporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Osthimosia .
Oviexechonella [7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Serravallian)		Indonesia	An exechonellid arachnopusioid bryozoan. The type species is Oviexechonella digeronimoi.
Paracuneatopora egregia [19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan, a species of Paracuneatopora .
Paracuneatopora kuvaschensis [19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan, a species of Paracuneatopora .
Paranicklesopora ornaisa [12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Parvohallopora cystata [6]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez in Jiménez-Sánchez, Villas & Vennin	Ordovician (late Katian)	Khabt-el-Hajar Formation	Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Parvohallopora .
Perkhurovella [24]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gorjunova	Carboniferous		Russia	A diploporariine acanthocladiid bryozoan. The type species is Perkhurovella clara.
Phonicosia sinuosa [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A lacernid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Phonicosia .
Plagioecia zatoni [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A plagioeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Plagioecia .
Platonea dilatata [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A tubuliporid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Platonea .
Porella tiorioriensis [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A bryocryptellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Porella .
Porina turrita [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A porinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Porina .
Primorella variata [21]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)		Russia
Prophyllodictya simplex [25]	Sp. nov	Valid [26]	Ma et al.	Ordovician (early Tremadocian)	Nantzinkuan Formation	China	A cryptostome bryozoan, a species of Prophyllodictya .
Pseudobatostomella parva [13]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova et al.	Devonian (latest Famennian)	Comblain-au-Pont Formation	Belgium	A dyscritellid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Pseudobatostomella .
Pseudothyracella campbelli [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A bryopastorid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Pseudothyracella .
Puellina bontangensis [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A cribrilinid bryozoan, a species of Puellina .
Pyrisinella primazelandiae [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A pyrisinellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Pyrisinella .
Quasitrilaminopora [3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An arachnopusiid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Quasitrilaminopora curiosa.
Radiotrypa alnifensis [15]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Jiménez-Sánchez & Baidder	Ordovician (Katian)		Morocco	A species of Radiotrypa .
Rectifenestella covae [9]	Sp. nov	Valid	Suárez Andrés & Ernst	Devonian	Moniello Formation	Spain	A member of the family Fenestellidae.
Reptadeonella curvabilis [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	An adeonid bryozoan, a species of Reptadeonella .
Reptadeonella toddi [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian or early Langhian to Serravallian)		Indonesia	An adeonid bryozoan, a species of Reptadeonella .
Reteporella mediocris [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A phidoloporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Reteporella .
Revalotrypa ramosa [15]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Jiménez-Sánchez & Baidder	Ordovician (Katian)		Morocco	A species of Revalotrypa .
Saevitella renemai [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A hippopodinid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Saevitella .
Saffordotaxis spinigerus [12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Salairella [19]	Gen. et 5 sp. nov	Junior homonym	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan. Genus contains five species: S. petaloida, S. variabilis, S. maculata, S. baskuskanensis and S. recta. The generic name is a junior homonym of Salairella Khalfina (1961) and Salairella Severgina (1984). Hernández (2019) coined a replacement name Devonavictoria. [27]
Schizoretepora tamagawensis [28]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zágoršek, Takashima & Hirose	Miocene	Tanosawa Formation	Japan	A member of Phidoloporidae, a species of Schizoretepora .
Sendinopora [7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Serravallian)		Indonesia	A tessaradomid lepralielloid bryozoan. The type species is Sendinopora prima.
Siphonicytara litotes [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A siphonicytarid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Siphonicytara .
Siphonicytara primitiva [3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A siphonicytarid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Siphonicytara .
Spinofenestella nodosa [12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Stellatotrypa [2]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A trepostome bryozoan. The type species is Stellatotrypa hirsuta.
Sulcoretepora regularis [21]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)		Russia
Terepennipora [24]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Gorjunova	Carboniferous		Russia	A diploporariine acanthocladiid bryozoan. A new genus for "Pinnatopora" longicellata Morozova (1955); genus also contains "Pinnatopora" volgensis Shishova (1959), "Pinnatopora" inconstans Shishova (1959), "Pinnatopora" subpunctata Shishova (1959) and "Pinnatopora" distincta Shishova (1950).
Trematopora maculata [4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	A trematoporid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Trematopora .
Triznotrypa potii [18]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Tolokonnikova & Denayer	Devonian (late Frasnian)		Belgium	A species of Triznotrypa .
Trypostega hasibuani [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A trypostegid hippothooid bryozoan, a species of Trypostega .
Tubiporella magnipora [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A didymosellid didymoselloid bryozoan, a species of Tubiporella .
Tumaiella [3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A calloporid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Tumaiella dieffenbachi.
Volgia deftera [8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Wyse Jackson & Aretz	Carboniferous (Viséan)		France	A cystoporate bryozoan belonging to the family Hexagonellidae; a species of Volgia .
Zagorsekia [3]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	Australia   New Zealand	A tubuliporid cyclostome bryozoan; a new genus for "Heteropora" nodulosa MacGillivray (1895).

See also

• Dawn of Humanity (2015 PBS film)

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