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    Ussuniidae

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Extinct family of marine lamp shells

    Ussuniidae
    Temporal range: Ordovician[1] (Llandeilo–lower Caradoc)
    Scientific classification e
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Brachiopoda
    Class: Craniata
    Order: †Trimerellida
    Superfamily: †Trimerelloidea
    Family: †Ussuniidae
    Genera

    Ussunia

    Ussuniidae is a monogeneric family of Ordovician brachiopods aligned with the Trimerellids, but showing additional similarities to the craniids and considered intermediate in morphology.[2][3]

    References

    1. ↑ Williams, AlwynExpression error: Unrecognized word "etal". (2000). Paul Selden. ed. "Part H, Brachiopoda. Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Geological Society of America). 
    2. ↑ Gorjansky, Wladimir; Popov, Leonid (July 1986). "On the origin systematic position of the calcareous-shelled inarticulate brachiopods". Lethaia 19 (3): 233–240. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1986.tb00737.x. 
    3. ↑ Williams, AlwynExpression error: Unrecognized word "etal". (2000). Paul Selden. ed. "Part H, Brachiopoda. Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Geological Society of America). 

    Wikidata ☰ Q33137448 entry



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