Fenestrida is an extinct order of
bryozoa
Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about long, they have a special feeding structure called a l ...
ns in the class
Stenolaemata
Stenolaemata are a class of exclusively marine bryozoans. Stenolaemates originated and diversified in the Ordovician, and more than 600 species are still alive today.[Fossilworks
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included the following families:
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Admiratellidae
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Fenestellidae
''Fenestellidae'' is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Fenestrida. The skeleton of its colonies consists of stiff branches that are interconnected by narrower crossbars (or dissepiments). The individuals of the colony (or zooids) inha ...
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Fenestraliidae
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Polyporidae
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Septoporidae
Other sources consider ''
Fenestrata
Fenestrata is an extinct order of bryozoan, dating from the Upper Arenig
In geology, the Arenig (or Arenigian) is a time interval during the Ordovician period and also the suite of rocks which were deposited during this interval.
History
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'' to be a synonym of ''Fenestrida'', and so include more families.
References
Prehistoric animal orders
Stenolaemata
Extinct bryozoans
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