Cribrilinidae
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| Cribrilinidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Suborder: | Flustrina |
| Superfamily: | Cribrilinoidea |
| Family: | Cribrilinidae Hincks, 1879 |
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The Cribrilinidae family is a part of the suborder Flustrina within the bryozoans. They are characterized by numerous spinose ribs (costae) overarching the frontal membrane of each zooid.
The family was first described by Thomas Hincks in 1879.[1]
