Orectodictya

Orectodictya
Temporal range: 460.9–455.8 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Cryptostomida
Family: †Rhinidictyidae
Genus: †Orectodictya
Karklins, 1983
Species:
†O. pansa
Binomial name
†Orectodictya pansa
Karklins, 1983

Orectodictya is an extinct genus of ptilodictyoid bryozoans known from Ordovician fossils found in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1] It is monotypic, containing the single species Orectodictya pansa.[2]

References

  1. ^ Karklins, Olgerts L. (1983). "Ptilodictyoid Cryptostomata Bryozoa from the Middle and Upper Ordovician Rocks of Central Kentucky". Journal of Paleontology. 57 (S14): 1–31. Bibcode:1983JPal...57S...1K. doi:10.1017/S0022336000061953. S2CID 250348317.
  2. ^ "Orectodictya". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2022.


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