Dianulites
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | †Trepostomida |
| Family: | †Dianulitidae |
| Genus: | †Dianulites Eichwald, 1829 |
Dianulites is an extinct genus of bryozoans from the early Ordovician period, belonging to the family Dianulitidae. Its colonies can be turbinate, horn-shaped, conical, or massive and hemispherical. Individual zooecia take the form of long, thin-walled polygonal tubes. It lacks styles (acanthopores), which helps differentiate it from similar genus Nicholsonella.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Ernst, A; Bogolepova, O.K.; Hubmann, B.; Golubkova, E.Y.; Gubanov, A.P. (2014). "Dianulites (trepostomata, bryozoa) from the early ordovician of severnaya zemlya, arctic russia". Geological Magazine. 151 (2): 328–338. Bibcode:2014GeoM..151..328E. doi:10.1017/S0016756813000150. S2CID 129031834.
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