Halloporidae
Classification
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Trepostomatida
Family: Halloporidae (Bassler, 1911)
Cincinnatian Genera: Hallopora, Parvohallopora
Geologic Range
Ordovician – Devonian
Common Paleoecology
Halloporidae is an extinct family of colonial epifaunal suspension feeders
Description of the Family
- Zoaria ramose
- Autozooecial cross-sectional shape sub-circular
- Diaphragms numerous and more closely spaced in earliest zooecial ontogeny
- Mesozooecia common, diaphragms closely spaced
- Acanthostyles virtually absent
Published Descriptions
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (1953):
- Generally ramose. Zooecial tubes subcircular, generally with diaphragms, which may be more numerous and closely spaced in the immature region than the mature. Mesopores common, closely tabulate; acanthopores virtually lacking.
Hallopora
Parvohallopora
