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A new genus Acupipora gen. nov. from the upper carboniferous of the East European platform and problem of classification of bryozoans of the order Fenestellida

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The species composition of the bryozoan genus Paucipora Termier et Termier, 1971 is revised. A new species, Paucipora akishinensis sp. nov., and a new genus, Acupipora gen. nov., with the type species Polypora subborealis Schulga-Nesterenko, 1951, are described. The problems of classification of the order Fenestellida are discussed. Criteria for the division of the order into families and subfamilies are developed. The evolution of fenestellids is shown to proceed along the path of morphological differentiation of structural elements of colonies, polymerization of autozooecia, and formation of heterozooecia. It was accompanied by morphological parallelisms. A scheme of the phylogenetic relationships between the families and subfamilies of the order is presented.

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Original Russian Text © R.V. Gorjunova, O.B. Weiss, 2012, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 1, pp. 18–29.

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Gorjunova, R.V., Weiss, O.B. A new genus Acupipora gen. nov. from the upper carboniferous of the East European platform and problem of classification of bryozoans of the order Fenestellida. Paleontol. J. 46, 16–28 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030112010054

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