Trypanoporida

Trypanoporida
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca?
Class: Tentaculita†
Bouček, 1964
Order: Trypanoporida†
Weedon, 1991
Genera
  • Trypanopora†
  • Torquaysalpinx†

Trypanoporida is an extinct order of encrusting animals from the Tentaculita class, which were common in the Devonian oceans (Weedon, 1991). Their affinity is unknown; they have been placed among worms and corals. They appear to be closely related to other taxa of uncertain affinity, including the microconchids, cornulitids and tentaculitids. Spirally coiled trypanoporids (Devonian) have most likely been derived from the geologically older microconchids (Upper Ordovician).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Vinn, O.; Mutvei, H. (2009). "Calcareous tubeworms of the Phanerozoic" (PDF). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences. 58 (4): 286–296. doi:10.3176/earth.2009.4.07. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  • Weedon, M.J. 1991. Microstructure and affinity of the enigmatic Devonian tubular fossil Trypanopora. Lethaia 24:227-234.
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