Biology:Zigzagopora
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Short description: Extinct genus of bryozoan
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | Cyclostomatida |
| Family: | Sagenellidae |
| Genus: | †Zigzagopora Wilson & Taylor, 2016 |
| Species: | †Z. wigleyensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zigzagopora wigleyensis Wilson & Taylor, 2016
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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 (Geological Society of America) 90 (3): 413–417. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.71. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/new-runnerlike-cyclostome-bryozoan-from-the-bromide-formation-sandbian-upper-ordovician-of-oklahoma-and-its-phylogenetic-affinities/29E05AEC515BF09D5820EED94D43286D.
- ↑ "Wooster's Fossil of the Week: A new Late Ordovician bryozoan from Oklahoma". https://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2016/07/29/woosters-fossil-of-the-week-a-new-late-ordovician-bryozoan-from-oklahoma/.
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