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Arhouriella

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Arhouriella
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Family: Arhouriellidae
Geyer & Streng 1998
Genus: Arhouriella
Geyer & Streng 1998[1]
Species:
A. opheodontoides
Binomial name
Arhouriella opheodontoides
Geyer & Streng 1998

Arhouriella is arguably the oldest example of a bivalve mollusc in the fossil record. Arguably because there are older contenders to this crown, and because there is not a watertight case that it is a bivalve.[2] The type and only species, Arhouriella opheodontoides, was named and described by Gerd Geyer & Michael Streng in 1998.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Geyer, G; Streng, M. (1998). "Middle Cambrian Polycypods frm the Anti-Atlas, Morocco" (PDF). Revista Espanola de Paleontologia (in Spanish): 83–96.
  2. ^ G E Budd; S Jensen (1 May 2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews. 75 (2): 253–295. doi:10.1017/S000632310000548X. ISSN 1464-7931. PMID 10881389. Wikidata Q28139976.