Chileata

Chileata
Temporal range: Cambrian –Permian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Lophophorata
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Subphylum:Rhynchonelliformea
Class:†Chileata
Orders and Families
  • Order Chileida, Superfamily Matutelloidea
    • Matutellidae
    • Chileidae
  • Order Dictyonellida, Superfamily Eichwaldioidea
    • Eichwaldiidae
    • Isogrammidae

A rhynchonelliform class,[2] characterised by the presence of a colleplax; closest relative (?): Salanygolina.[3]

Salanygolina

Thought to be a sister group.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://fossiilid.info/71
  2. ↑ Williams, Alwyn, Carlson, S.J., Brunton, C.H.C., Holmer, L.E., Popov, L.E., Mergl, M., Laurie, J.R., Bassett, M.G., Cocks, L.R.M., Rong, J.-Y. et al. (2000). Paul Selden, ed. "Part H, Brachiopoda. Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America.
  3. 1 2 Holmer, L.E., Stolk, S.P., Skovsted, C.B., Balthasar, U., and Popov, L. (2009). The enigmatic early Cambrian ~Salanygolina~ - A stem group of rhynchonelliform chileate brachiopods? Palaeontology 52, 1–10.
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