Turcutheca

Turcutheca is a Tommotian (Early Cambrian) genus of shelly fossil whose affinities are uncertain, generally considered as an orthothecid hyolith^[2] (which would make it a brachiopod,^[3] but also resembling the ellesmeroceratids (early cephalopods).^[1]

Class:†Hyolitha

Order:†Orthothecida (?)

Family:†Circothecidae

Genus:†Turcutheca

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Turcutheca Temporal range: Early Cambrian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	†Hyolitha
Order:	†Orthothecida (?)
Family:	†Circothecidae
Genus:	†Turcutheca

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