Diraphora

Diraphora
Temporal range: Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Rhynchonelliformea
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Family: Bohemiellidae
Genus: Diraphora

Diraphora is an extinct genus of brachiopod that lived in the Cambrian. Its remains have been found in Australia and North America. 664 specimens of Diraphora are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 1.26% of the community.[1]

References

  1. Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.

  • "Diraphora bellicostata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
  • Diraphora in the Paleobiology Database


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