Trigonotretidae
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| Fossil of Neospirifer ravana from Greenland, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Family: | Trigonotretidae Schuchert, 1893
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Trigonotretidae is an extinct family of articulate brachiopods belonging to the order Spiriferida.
These stationary epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous and Permian periods, from 360.7 to 252.3 Ma.[1]
Genera[]
- Waterhouse, 1968
- Gatinaud, 1949
- Kulikov, 1950
- Cooper and Grant, 1976
- Archbold and Thomas, 1985
- Archbold and Thomas, 1985
- Archbold and Thomas, 1985
- Waterhouse, 2004
- Waterhouse, 1966
- Waterhouse, 1971
- Gypospirifer Cooper and Grant, 1976
- Archbold and Thomas, 1993
- Cooper and Grant, 1969
- Neospirifer Fredericks, 1919
- Archbold, 1997
- Waterhouse, 1978
- Archbold, 1997
- Cisterna and Archbold, 2007
- Waterhouse, 1971
- Waterhouse, 1968
- Koenig, 1825
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Categories:
- Prehistoric protostome families
- Brachiopod families
- Spiriferida
- Carboniferous first appearances
- Permian extinctions