Dacryoconarida
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| Phylum: | incertae sedis
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| Subclass: | Dacryoconarida† Fisher, 1962
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Dacryoconarida is an extinct subclass of free living animals from the Tentaculita class, which were common in the Devonian oceans (Fisher, 1962). Dacryoconarids have a subspherical, drop- or tear-shaped embryonic chamber (Farsan 2005). Their affinity is unknown; they have often been placed among molluscs. Their fossils are known from Devonian rocks of Australia, Asia, Europe, North Africa and North America.
References
- Farsan, N.M. 2005. Description of the early ontogenetic part of the Tentaculitids, with implications for classification. Lethaia 38: 255-270.
External links
- "Dacryoconarida" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Dacryoconarida at fossilworks
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