Chileata

Chileata; Temporal range: Cambrian –Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
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]

^ "Chileata".
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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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