Askerina
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| Askerina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | †Atrypida |
| Family: | †Atrypidae |
| Subfamily: | †Atrypinae |
| Genus: | †Askerina Baarli, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Askerina cymbula Baarli, 2019 | |
Askerina is an extinct genus of atrypid brachiopods from subfamily Atrypinae that lived in end-Ordovician (Hirnantian) and Silurian (Aeronian). The type and only known species is Askerina cymbula. Its fossils are known only from the lower parts of the Solvik Formation in central Oslo region, Norway.[1]
