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Metastenodiscus

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Phylum:Bryozoa
Order:†Trepostomida
Family:†Stenoporidae
Metastenodiscus
Temporal range: 212.0–205.6 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Trepostomida
Family: †Stenoporidae
Genus: †Metastenodiscus
Ernst, Schäfer & Grant-Mackie, 2015

Metastenodiscus is an extinct genus of Triassic trepostome bryozoans of the family Stenoporidae. It is distinct from Stenodiscus because of the presence of cystiphragms and the presence of a wide range of sizes of acanthostyles.[1]

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