Linoproductidae
Appearance
Linoproductidae Temporal range:
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Fossil of Linoproductus at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | †Strophomenata |
Order: | †Productida |
Superfamily: | †Linoproductoidea |
Family: | †Linoproductidae Stehli, 1954 |
Subgroups | |
Linoproductidae is an extinct family of brachiopods which lived during the Carboniferous and Permian periods. The family was widespread across marine habitats, with fossils having been found on all continents except Antarctica.[1] Members of this family commonly lack dorsal spines, and are characterized in possessing a distinct trail and deep corpus cavity.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Stehli, Francis Greenough (1954). "Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo". Bulletin of the AMNH. 105 (3): 261–358. hdl:2246/1143.
- ^ Williams, Alwyn (2000). "Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America: 526. doi:10.17161/dt.v0i0.5209.