Coscinopleura

Coscinopleura; Temporal range: 66.043–61.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Suborder:	Flustrina
Family:	Coscinopleuridae
Genus:	†Coscinopleura; Marss.
Species
	Coscinopleura elegans; Coscinpleura angusta;

Last updated December 10, 2025

Coscinopleura is an extinct genus of prehistoric bryozoans in the family Coscinopleuridae. Species are from the Paleocene of Sweden and New Jersey, United States. C. elegans and C. angusta are from the Senonian and Danian of Denmark.^[2]

References

↑ Untersuchungen über Coscinopleura Marss.(Bryoz. foss.) und verwandte Gattungen. E Voigt, Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Staatsinstitut in …, 1956
↑ Studies on the Bryozoan Species Coscinopleura Elegans and Coscinpleura Angusta N. sp. from the Senonian and Danian Deposits of Denmark. O Berthelsen, 1948

Asexual propagation in the cheilostomes Metrarabdotos and Coscinopleura: Effects on genetic variation and larval productivity, p. 73–80. AH Cheetham, Bryozoan Studies 2001, Proceedings of the Twelfth ..., 2002

External links

"Coscinopleura". The Encyclopedia of Life .
"Coscinopleura". Paleobiology Database .

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[1] Untersuchungen über Coscinopleura Marss.(Bryoz. foss.) und verwandte Gattungen. E Voigt, Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Staatsinstitut in …, 1956

[2] Studies on the Bryozoan Species Coscinopleura Elegans and Coscinpleura Angusta N. sp. from the Senonian and Danian Deposits of Denmark. O Berthelsen, 1948

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