Biology:Ussuniidae

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Short description: Extinct family of marine lamp shells

Ussuniidae
Temporal range: Ordovician[1] (Llandeilo–lower Caradoc)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Craniata
Order: Trimerellida
Superfamily: Trimerelloidea
Family: Ussuniidae
Genera

Ussunia

Ussuniidae is a monogeneric family of Ordovician brachiopods aligned with the Trimerellids, but showing additional similarities to the craniids and considered intermediate in morphology.[2][3]

References

  1. Williams, AlwynExpression error: Unrecognized word "etal". (2000). Paul Selden. ed. "Part H, Brachiopoda. Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Geological Society of America). 
  2. Gorjansky, Wladimir; Popov, Leonid (July 1986). "On the origin systematic position of the calcareous-shelled inarticulate brachiopods". Lethaia 19 (3): 233–240. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1986.tb00737.x. 
  3. Williams, AlwynExpression error: Unrecognized word "etal". (2000). Paul Selden. ed. "Part H, Brachiopoda. Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Geological Society of America). 

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