Chileata
Extinct class of marine lamp shells
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Chileata Wiliams et al., 1996 is a class of rhynchonelliform brachiopods, characterised, among others, by the presence of a perforation in the umbonal region of the ventral valve, usually (partly) covered by a colleplax. They are known from the Cambrian to the Lower Permian.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Subphylum: | Rhynchonelliformea |
| Class: | †Chileata |
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Salanygolina may represent the chileate stem group.[3]
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