Biology:Acanthotretella
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Short description: Extinct genus of brachiopods
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Lingulata |
| Order: | †Siphonotretida |
| Genus: | †Acanthotretella Holmer & Caron, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthotretella spinosa Holmer & Caron, 2006
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Acanthotretella is a genus of brachiopods known from the Burgess Shale[1][2] and the Guanshan fauna.[3]
Their spines are proposed to be homologous with those of the Siphonotretids.[2]
Species
- Acanthotretella decaius Hu, Zhang, Holmer & Skovsted, 2010[3]
- Acanthotretella spinosa Holmer & Caron, 2006
References
- ↑ "Acanthotretella spinosa". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Holmer, L. E.; Caron, J. B. (2006). "A spinose stem group brachiopod with pedicle from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale". Acta Zoologica 87 (4): 273. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00241.x.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hu, S.; Zhang, Z.; Holmer, L.E.; Skovsted, C.B. (2010). "Soft−part preservation in a linguliform brachiopod from the lower Cambrian Wulongqing Formation (Guanshan Fauna) of Yunnan, South China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (3): 495–505. doi:10.4202/app.2009.1106.
Wikidata ☰ Q4672061 entry
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