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Acrothyra
Temporal range: Miaolingian – ~509 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Genus: Acrothyra
Matthew, 1901

Acrothyra gregaria is a species of gregarious brachiopod known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Template:Gpb abundance

References

External links

  • "Acrothyra gregaria". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. (Burgess Shale species 17)

Notes

  • BABCOCK, L. E., R. A. ROBISON, M. N. REES, S. PENG, AND M. R. SALTZMAN. 2007. The global boundary stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the Drumian Stage (Cambrian) in the Drum Mountains, Utah, USA. :, 30(002):85-95.
  • MATTHEW, G. F. 1901. Acrothyra. A new genus of Etcheminian brachiopods. Nat. Hist. Soc. New Brunswick, Bull, 4:303-304.
  • ROWELL, A. H. 1966. Revision of some Cambrian and Ordovician inarticulate brachiopods.
  • YOCHELSON, E. L. 1961. The operculum and mode of life of Hyolithes. Journal of Paleontology:152-161.