Atrypida

Order of extinct brachiopods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Atrypida is an extinct order of rhynchonelliform brachiopods. They first appeared in middle Ordovician and survived the Ordovician-Silurian extinction, becoming the dominant brachiopods of the Silurian alongside the order Pentamerida.[3][4] They would survive into the Late Devonian before going extinct at the end of the Frasnian (Late Devonian).[2]

Order:Atrypida
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Atrypida
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Frasnian [1][2]
Atrypa reticularis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Atrypida
Families
  • Atrypidae
  • Atrypinidae
  • Atrypoidea
  • Carinatinidae
  • Glassiidae
  • Karpinskiidae
  • Kellerellidae
  • Lissatrypidae
  • Palaferellidae
  • Punctatrypidae
  • Tuvaellidae
  • Zygospiridae
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