Juresania
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | †Strophomenata |
| Order: | †Productida |
| Family: | †Echinoconchidae |
| Tribe: | †Juresaniini |
| Genus: | †Juresania (Fredericks, 1928) |
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Juresania is an extinct genus of brachiopod that existed from the Carboniferous to the Permian.[1][2]
Juresania's members were epifaunal, meaning they lived on top of the seafloor, not buried within it, and were suspension feeders. [1][3] They had small spines that cover both halves of the shell.
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