Acrothyra
Appearance
Acrothyra Temporal range: Miaolingian – ~
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Scientific 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.