''Monticulipora'' is an extinct genus of Ordovician

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 belonging to the family Monticuliporidae. It was first named in 1849, and its description was published the following year by French paleontologist Alcide M. d'Orbigny, making it one of the earliest bryozoans to be recognized in science. It is still one of the most widespread fossil bryozoan genera. Though colonies that grow in masses made of multiple layers are characteristic of the genus, its colonies have varying shapes, able to be encrusting, branching, massive, or frond-like, and are covered in monticules (bumps). Most ''Monticulipora'' species have distinctively granular walls, and ''Monticulipora'' and can be distinguished from ''

Homotrypa ''Homotrypa'' is an extinct genus 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, th ...

'' by the presence of axial diaphragms.

Species

*''Monticulipora mammulata'' D'Orbigny, 1850 *''Monticulipora irregularis'' Jimenez-Sanchez, 2015 *''Monticulipora cystiphragmata'' Jimenez-Sanchez, 2010 *''Monticulipora grandis'' Ulrich, 1866

References

Trepostomata Prehistoric bryozoan genera {{Bryozoan-stub