Species
Casteropora vetusta (Oehlert, 1888)
Type specimen data
holotype: unknown ; unknown; Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux; Lower Devonian , Location of the holotype of C. vetusta is unknown.
Reference:
Pohowsky, R. A. 1978. The boring ctenostomate Bryozoa: Taxonomy and paleobiology based on cavities in calcareous substrata. pp. 1-192.
Taxon description
Pohowsky, 1978
Diagnosis: Boring bryozoans with short, subglobular zooids disposed vertically within the substratum, along or tangent to stolons. Lateral stolons arise singly from stolons and from distal end of zooids.
Synonymy list
1978 Casteropora vetusta (Oehlert, 1888) — Pohowsky , pp. 131, fig. 14:4, 5, 7
Selection of related publications
Pohowsky, R. A. 1978. The boring ctenostomate Bryozoa: Taxonomy and paleobiology based on cavities in calcareous substrata. Bulletins of American Paleontology 73, 1-192.
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Genus | Casteropora |
| Species | vetusta |
References based on distribution
- Pohowsky, 1978 Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux Pragian