Chileata

Chileata; Temporal range: Cambrian –Permian[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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]

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