FOSSILS SPECIMEN: BRYOZOA
Fossils are defined as any evidence of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).
The phylum Bryozoa means “tiny animals” due to the size of the animals that occupy the porses in the fossil structures. Although they have different external structures, Bryozoans are thought to be closely related to Brachiopods. Another one of their evolutionaly advancements were the development of a U-shaped gut.
Domian: Eukarya: Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Brozoa
Lower Ordovician to Holocene

Bryzoa Fenestella
Pennsylvanian
(Upper Carboniferous)
Finis Shale, Graham Formation, Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas

Bryzoa Tabulipora (encrusting)
Pennsylvanian
(Upper Carboniferous)
Finis Shale, Graham Formation, Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas

Bryozoa Fenestella
Pennsylvanian
(Upper Carboniferous)
west Mineral Wells roadcut Palo Pinto County, Texas

Bryozoa Fenestella in Matrix
Paleozoic
North America

Bryozoa Fenestella
Paleozoic
North America

Bryozoa Archimedes Screw
Paleozoic
North America

Bryozoa Encrusting
Paleozoic
North America

Bryozoa Ramose
Paleozoic
North America

Bryozoa Ramose
Paleozoic
North America