Eridopora Ulrich 1882

Genus Eridopora Ulrich, 1882 TYPE SPECIES. — Eridopora macrostoma Ulrich, 1882 by original designation. Lower Carboniferous; North America. DIAGNOSIS. — Thin encrusting colonies. Oval apertures with strongly developed lunaria of distinct triangular shape. Cylindrical autozooecia with thin walls and complete diaphragms. Vesicular skeleton consists of angular vesicles. OCCURRENCE. — Devonian to Permian; worldwide. COMPARISON Eridopora Ulrich, 1882 differs from Fistulipora M'Coy, 1849 and Dybowskiella Waagen & Wentzel, 1886 in having large triangular lunaria instead of horseshoe-shaped ones, and predominantly encrusting colonies.Published as part of Ernst, Andrej, Wyse Jackson, Patrick N. & Aretz, Markus, 2015, Bryozoan fauna from the Mississippian (Visean) of Roque Redonde (Montagne Noire, southern France), pp. 151-213 in Geodiversitas 37 (2) on page 162, DOI: 10.5252/g2015n2a2, http://zenodo.org/record/453499