Mesolobus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | † Strophomenata |
Order: | † Productida |
Family: | † Rugosochonetidae |
Subfamily: | † Capillomesolobinae |
Genus: | † Mesolobus Dunbar and Condra, 1932 |
Species | |
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Mesolobus is an extinct genus of brachiopod belonging to the order Productida and family Rugosochonetidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Acrotretida are a group (order) of sessile, suspension-feeding brachiopods known from the Cambrian period and surviving until the present day. Their shell has a round outline, and is usually phosphatic in recent specimens.
Lingulida is an order of brachiopods.
Paterinata is an extinct class of Paleozoic Era Linguliform brachiopods.
Orthotetida is an order of brachiopods containing the families:
An order of brachiopods containing the families:
A rhynchonelliform class, characterised by the presence of a colleplax; closest relative (?): Salanygolina.
A brachiopod superfamily comprising the EIchwaldiidae and the Isogrammidae.
Dictyonellida is a brachiopod order within the Chileata, bearing a colleplax.
A subfamily of orthid brachiopods, containing:
A superfamily of brachiopods containing:
Orthoidea is a superfamily of brachiopods containing the families:
A superfamily of brachiopods containing:
Plectambonitoidea is a suborder of brachiopods containing the families:
A suborder of brachiopods containing the families:
Productidina is a suborder of brachiopods containing the families:
Strophalosiidina is a suborder of Brachiopod containing the families:
A suborder of brachiopods containing the families:
Acrotretidae is a family of brachiopods, the type family of the Acrotretida order.
Ussuniidae is a monogeneric family of Ordovician brachiopods aligned with the Trimerellids, but showing additional similarities to the craniids and considered intermediate in morphology.
Glyptoria is a genus of protorthid brachiopod with a ventral spondylium. It is characterized by a free apical plate in the ventral valve interior and a distinctive coarse, lamellose ornament.