Acrotheloidea
Superfamily of brachiopods (fossil)
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Acrotheloidea is an extinct superfamily of discinid brachiopods, that lived from the Early Cambrian to Early Ordovician periods, c. 538 – 471 Ma. They are sometimes alternatively ascribed to the lingulids.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Order: | Discinida |
| Superfamily: | †Acrotheloidea |
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There is evidence for an evolutionary transition through the genera Eoobolus, Pustulobolus, and Bostfordia to the Acrotretids.[2] Acrotheloids have an apical foramen.[3]
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