Chileata

A rhynchonelliform class,[2] characterised by the presence of a colleplax; closest relative (?): Salanygolina.[3]

Chileata
Temporal range: Cambrian –Permian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Lophophorata
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Rhynchonelliformea
Class: Chileata
Orders and Families
  • Order Chileida, Superfamily Matutelloidea
    • Matutellidae
    • Chileidae
  • Order Dictyonellida, Superfamily Eichwaldioidea
    • Eichwaldiidae
    • Isogrammidae

Salanygolina

Thought to be a sister group.[3]

References

  1. http://fossiilid.info/71
  2. Williams, Alwyn; Carlson, S.J.; Brunton, C.H.C.; Holmer, L.E.; Popov, L.E.; Mergl, M.; Laurie, J.R.; Bassett, M.G.; Cocks, L.R.M.; Rong, J.-Y.; et al. (2000). Paul Selden (ed.). "Part H, Brachiopoda. Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America.
  3. Holmer, L.E., Stolk, S.P., Skovsted, C.B., Balthasar, U., and Popov, L. (2009). The enigmatic early Cambrian ~Salanygolina~ - A stem group of rhynchonelliform chileate brachiopods? Palaeontology 52, 1–10.


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