Halorellidae
Extinct family of marine lamp shells
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Halorellidae is an extinct family of brachiopods belonging to the order Rhynchonellida.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Rhynchonellida |
| Superfamily: | Dimerelloidea |
| Family: | †Halorellidae Ager, 1965 |
Fossil record
These lamp shells lived in the Triassic (age range: 221.5 to 201.6 Ma). Fossils of this family can be found in Austria, Canada, China, Hungary, Indonesia, New Zealand, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey and United States.
