Acrotretoidea is a superfamily of brachiopods containing the following families:
Acrotretoidea Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | Lingulata |
Order: | †Acrotretida |
Superfamily: | †Acrotretoidea |
Families | |
Family | Number of genera | Fossil range |
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Acrotretidae | 55 | Lower Cambrian – Silurian |
Curticiidae | 1 | Middle – Upper Cambrian |
Torynelasmatidae | 9 | Ordovician (Arenig) – Silurian |
Eoconulidae | 3 | Ordovician (Arenig – Ashgill) |
Ceratretidae | 8 | Lower – Upper Cambrian |
Ephippelasmatidae | 12 | Upper Cambrian – Ordovician |
Scaphelasmatidae | 6 | Middle Cambrian - Upper Silurian |
Biernatidae | 5 | Lower Ordovician – Middle Devonian |
References
edit- ^ Winrow, P. (2016). A review of Cambrian lingulate brachiopods of England and Wales Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering PhD degree thesis.