Atrypida | |
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Atrypa reticularis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | Rhynchonellata |
Order: | † Atrypida |
Families | |
Atrypida is an extinct order of rhynchonelliform brachiopods. They first appeared in middle Ordovician and survived the Ordovician-Silurian extinction, becoming the dominant brachiopods of the Silurian alongside the order Pentamerida. [3] [4] They would survive into the Late Devonian before going extinct at the end of the Frasnian ( Late Devonian). [2]
Atrypida | |
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Atrypa reticularis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | Rhynchonellata |
Order: | † Atrypida |
Families | |
Atrypida is an extinct order of rhynchonelliform brachiopods. They first appeared in middle Ordovician and survived the Ordovician-Silurian extinction, becoming the dominant brachiopods of the Silurian alongside the order Pentamerida. [3] [4] They would survive into the Late Devonian before going extinct at the end of the Frasnian ( Late Devonian). [2]