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Open AccessPalaeoecology of calcified microfossils from the Lower Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) of Sierra Morena (SW Spain)
Lower Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) reefal deposits of Sierra Morena (SW Spain) contain locally abundant calcified cyanobacteria, calcareous algae, and various microfossils including foraminifers. Calcified cyanob...
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Open AccessSemicosciniid bryozoans from the Middle Devonian of Rommersheim (Eifel, Germany)
Two bryozoan species belonging to the Family Semicosciniidae Morozova, 1987 are described from the Middle Devonian of the Eifel—Bigeyina winteri (Bornemann, 1884) and Loculipora alvearis (Maurer, 1885). The two s...
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Open AccessBryozoan–cnidarian mutualism triggered a new strategy for greater resource exploitation as early as the Late Silurian
Bryozoans were common benthic invertebrates in the Silurian seas. The large biodiversity among Silurian benthic organisms prompted diversified interactions, and as a result bryozoans hosted many other organism...
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Open AccessFenestrate bryozoan fauna from the Middle Devonian of the Eifel (western Rhenish Massif, Germany)
Seven fenestrate bryozoans are described from the Middle Devonian of the Eifel. Three species were identified as Prolixicella bifurcata Ernst and Schroeder, 2007, Rectifenestella aculeata (Sandberger and Sandberg...
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Based on the analysis of data on bryozoan localities in territory of modern Eurasia, changes of the bryozoan richness were calculated in detail for six time slices in the interval from the early Famennian to t...
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Four bryozoan species were identified from the Mississippian (Viséan) Mobarak Formation of northern Iran: the cystoporates Fistulipora longituba Yang and Lu, Fistulipora djebaglinica Nikiforova, Fistulipora sp., ...
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Four bryozoan species are described from the Siliciclastic Imagh Formation of the Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) succession at the Imagh section, Posht-e-Badam Block, Kalmard area in central Iran. Three species...
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Open AccessEarly Famennian bryozoan fauna from the Baqer-abad section, northeast Isfahan, central Iran
A bryozoan fauna from the Upper Devonian (lower Famennian) of the Bahram Formation of the Baqer-abad section in central Iran contains four species: three trepostomes and one rhabdomesine cryptostome. Two trepo...
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Palaeoecology of Famennian-Tournaisian (Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous) bryozoans from central and southern regions of Russia
The palaeoecology of Famennian-Tournaisian (Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous) bryozoans from central and southern regions of Russia is analysed. Famennian-Tournaisian bryozoans associations of the Altai-Sayan...
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A Late Devonian (Frasnian) bryozoan fauna from central Iran
A bryozoan fauna from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) of the Bahram Formation of the Zefreh section in central Iran contains four species: three trepostomes and one rhabdomesine cryptostome. Two species are new: ...
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The cystoporate bryozoan Glyptopora michelinia (Prout, 1860) in the Viséan–Serpukhovian boundary interval of the Montagne Noire (southern France)
The cystoporate bryozoan Glyptopora michelinia (Prout, 1860) was identified from the latest Viséan/earliest Serpukhovian of southern France. This species was known previously from the Mississippian of the USA and...
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The Middle to Upper Pennsylvanian Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (Boggy Formation, Deese Group) of Oklahoma, USA, is well known for its exceptionally preserved fauna of marine invertebrates, including conservation of...
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Fenestrapora (Fenestrata, Bryozoa) from the Middle Devonian of Germany
Two species of the fenestrate genus Fenestrapora Hall, 1885 are described from the Middle Devonian (middle Eifelian-lower Givetian) of the Rhenish Massif, Germany. The species Fenestrapora transcaucasica Morozov...
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Stratigraphic relevance and typification of the Mississippian fenestrate bryozoan Narynella narynica (Nikiforova, 1933)
The fenestrate bryozoan Narynella narynica (Nikiforova, 1933) shows high potential for stratigraphic correlation of the Mississippian deposits of Middle Asia. This species was recorded in...
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The Emsian–Eifelian succession of NW Spain contains an abundant and diverse bryozoan fauna, fenestrates being the most outstanding group. The Fenestellidae of the Moniello Formation (upper Emsian–lower Eifelia...
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Three trepostome bryozoan species are described from the Upper Ordovician Zahořany Formation of Loděnice, Prague Basin, Czech Republic. One genus is new—Lodenicella gen. nov. One species is described in open nome...
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Diversity dynamics and evolutionary patterns of Devonian Bryozoa
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Acanthoclema (Rhabdomesina, Cryptostomata) from the Devonian of Europe
The rhabdomesine genus Acanthoclema Hall, 1886 is known from the Devonian of North America and Eurasia. Many species referred to this genus were previously understood in a broad concept but do not belong to it. S...