Dyscritella
| Dyscritella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | †Trepostomida |
| Family: | †Dyscritellidae |
| Genus: | †Dyscritella Girty, 1911 |
Dyscritella is an extinct genus of trepostome bryozoan that was highly successful in the late Triassic period, re-colonizing high latitudes in the northern hemisphere after the extinction of earlier bryozoan genera. Dyscritella was an "ecological opportunist" and widely distributed, found in every climatic belt.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Powers, Catherine M.; Pachut, Joseph F. (2008). "Diversity and Distribution of Triassic Bryozoans in the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (2): 362–371. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..362P. doi:10.1666/06-131.1. S2CID 130929034.