Revalotrypa
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| Revalotrypa Temporal range: Tremadocian-Hirnantian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | †Esthonioporata |
| Family: | †Revalotrypidae |
| Genus: | †Revalotrypa Bassler 1952 |
Revalotrypa is an extinct genus of bryozoan of the family Revalotrypidae that lived during the late Ordovician period.[1] It was initially placed within the order Trepostomatida, but later moved to Cystoporida, a classification supported by the discovery of the very similar genus Lynnopora, which possesses lunaria in its autozooidal apertures, a quality distinctive of Cystoporida.[2]
