Pharopora | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Bryozoa |
Class: | Stenolaemata |
Order: | † Cryptostomida |
Family: | † Rhabdomesidae |
Genus: | † Pharopora Wyse Jackson, Ernst & Suárez Andrés, 2017 |
Pharopora is an extinct genus of bryozoan of the family Rhabdomesidae that lived in the Mississippian period. It is characterized by colonies with branches possessing regular internodes and articulating cone-shaped terminations. It is the first genus of bryozoan in the family Rhabdomesidae with articulated (jointed) parts in its colonies. [1]