Lingulellotretidae
| Lingulellotretidae Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Lingulellotreta malongensis in Yuxi Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Lingulata |
| Order: | Lingulida |
| Superfamily: | Linguloidea |
| Family: | †LingulellotretidaeKoneva & Popov, 1983 |
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
- ^Balthasar, U. And Butterfield, N. J. 2009. Early Cambrian ‘soft-shelled’ brachiopods as possible stem-group phoronids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54, 307–314.
- ^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. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1378.
- ^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.
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