Lingulellotretidae

Lingulellotretidae; Temporal range: Cambrian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Lophophorata
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Lingulata
Order:	Lingulida
Family:	†Lingulellotretidae
Genus:	†Lingulellotreta

Lingulellotretidae is a family of brachiopods, with an extended pseudointerarea, including some soft-shelled representatives.^[1] Possibly close relatives of the Siphonotretids.^[2]

Soft tissue is occasionally known.<ref>Zhang, Z., Han, J., Zhang, X., Liu, J., Guo, J., and Shu, D. (2007). Note on the gut preserved in the Lower Cambrian Lingulellotreta (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from southern China. Acta Zool. 88, 65–70.<./ref>

References

↑ Balthasar, U. And Butterfield, N. J. 2009. Early Cambrian ‘soft-shelled’ brachiopods as possible stem-group phoronids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54, 307–314.
↑ Valentine, James L.; Brock, Glenn A. (2003). "A new siphonotretid brachiopod from the Silurian of central-wester New South Wales, Australia". Records of the Australian Museum. 55 (2): 231–244.

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[1] Balthasar, U. And Butterfield, N. J. 2009. Early Cambrian ‘soft-shelled’ brachiopods as possible stem-group phoronids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54, 307–314.

[2] Valentine, James L.; Brock, Glenn A. (2003). "A new siphonotretid brachiopod from the Silurian of central-wester New South Wales, Australia". Records of the Australian Museum. 55 (2): 231–244.