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Acrotretoidea

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Acrotretoidea
Temporal range: Lower Cambrian – Devonian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Lingulata
Order: Acrotretida
Superfamily: Acrotretoidea
Families

Acrotretoidea is a superfamily of brachiopods containing the following families:

Family Number of genera Fossil range
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

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  1. ^ Winrow, P. (2016). A review of Cambrian lingulate brachiopods of England and Wales Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering PhD degree thesis.