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Chonioconarida

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Chonioconarida
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Tentaculita
Subclass: Chonioconarida
Farsan, 1994
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Chonioconarida is an extinct subclass of free living animals from the Tentaculita class, which were common in the Silurian and Devonian oceans. Chonioconarids have a slim and long needle-like larval parts. They are covered with sculpture throughout (Farsan 2005). Their affinity is unknown. Their fossils are known from Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America.

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