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Hallopora
Extinct genus of moss animals
Hallopora is an extinct genus of bryozoans of the family Halloporidae, first identified from the Lower Silurian period. They can be found in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky of the Midwestern United States, commonly in the Ordovician Kope Formation.
01Species
- Hallopora elegantula (Hall, 1852)
- Hallopora baltica
- Hallopora magnopora
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- Hallopora multitabulata fossil bryozoan (Ordovician; Frankfort IL.jpg by James St. John, CC BY 2.0
- Bryozoa Hallopora1.jpg by Jstuby at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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