Aldanotreta

Phylum:Brachiopoda

Class:†Paterinata

Order:†Paterinida

Family:†Cryptotretidae

Aldanotreta Temporal range: Early Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Paterinata
Order:	†Paterinida
Family:	†Cryptotretidae
Genus:	†Aldanotreta Pelman, 1977

Aldanotreta is an extinct genus of brachiopods dating from the Tommotian age of the Cambrian period. It is perhaps the earliest brachiopod. A living relative is Lingula found in Japan.^{[citation needed]}