Biology:Lingulellotretidae

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Short description: Extinct family of shelled animals

Lingulellotretidae
Temporal range: Cambrian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Lingulata
Order: Lingulida
Family: Lingulellotretidae
Genus: Lingulellotreta

Lingulellotretidae is an extinct family of brachiopods, with an extended pseudointerarea, including some soft-shelled representatives.[1]

The lingulellotretids are possibly close relatives of the Siphonotretids.[2]

Soft tissue is occasionally known.[3]

References

  1. Balthasar, U. And Butterfield, N. J. 2009. Early Cambrian ‘soft-shelled’ brachiopods as possible stem-group phoronids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54, 307–314.
  2. Valentine, James L.; Brock, Glenn A. (2003). "A new siphonotretid brachiopod from the Silurian of central-western New South Wales, Australia". Records of the Australian Museum 55 (2): 231–244. 
  3. Zhang, Z., Han, J., Zhang, X., Liu, J., Guo, J., and Shu, D. (2007). Note on the gut preserved in the Lower Cambrian Lingulellotreta (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from southern China. Acta Zool. 88, 65–70.

Wikidata ☰ Q21291669 entry