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Zigzagopora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Stenolaemata
Order:	Cyclostomatida
Family:	Sagenellidae
Genus:	†Zigzagopora; Wilson & Taylor, 2016
Species:	†Z. wigleyensis
Binomial name
	†Zigzagopora wigleyensis; Wilson & Taylor, 2016

Zigzagopora is an extinct genus of bryozoans thought to belong to the family Sagenellidae, containing one species, Zigzagopora wigleyensis. It is distinctive because of its "zig-zag" appearance.^[1] The "fortuitous"^[2] species name references the Wigley Quarry in Oklahoma where it was found.

References

^ Wilson, M.; Taylor, P. (2016). "A new runner-like cyclostome bryozoan from the Bromide Formation (Sandbian, Upper Ordovician) of Oklahoma and its phylogenetic affinities". Journal of Paleontology. 90 (3). Geological Society of America: 413–417. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.71. S2CID 133144280.
^ "Wooster's Fossil of the Week: A new Late Ordovician bryozoan from Oklahoma". woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu. Retrieved 24 Feb 2022.

[1] Wilson, M.; Taylor, P. (2016). "A new runner-like cyclostome bryozoan from the Bromide Formation (Sandbian, Upper Ordovician) of Oklahoma and its phylogenetic affinities". Journal of Paleontology. 90 (3). Geological Society of America: 413–417. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.71. S2CID 133144280.

[2] "Wooster's Fossil of the Week: A new Late Ordovician bryozoan from Oklahoma". woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu. Retrieved 24 Feb 2022.

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