''Amplexopora'' is a genus of
bryozoans of the family
Amplexoporidae, known in the rock record from the
Ordovician
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to the
Permian
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periods. Species belonging to this genus were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders. Their colonies showed a very great variety in shapes.
Selected species
* ''Amplexopora conferta'' (Coryell, 1921)
* ''Amplexopora gigantea'' (Termier and Termier 1971)
* ''Amplexopora tezakensis'' (Termier and Termier 1971)
* ''Amplexopora minnesotensis'' (Ulrich, 1893)
* ''Amplexopora winchelli'' (Ulrich, 1886)
Distribution
Fossils of this genus have been found in
Permian
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of
Afghanistan
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, in
Silurian of
Norway
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,
Russia
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and
United Kingdom
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and in
Ordovician
The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start of the Silurian Period Mya.
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of
Argentina
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,
Australia,
Canada
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,
France
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,
United States
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.
References
Paleobiology DatabaseSepkoski's Online Genus Database
External links
Trepostomata
Stenolaemata genera
Prehistoric bryozoan genera
Ordovician bryozoans
Darriwilian first appearances
Guadalupian genus extinctions
Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
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