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Obolidae

Obolidae is a family of extinct brachiopods.

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Obolidae
Lingulella caelata2
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Lingulata
Order: Lingulida
Superfamily: Linguloidea
Family: Obolidae
King, 1846
Subfamilies
  • Elliptoglossinae
    • Elliptoglossa
    • Lingulops
  • Glossellinae
    • Anx
    • Casquella
    • Ectenoglossa
    • Fezzanoglossa
    • Glossella
    • Glyptoglossella
    • Lachrymula
    • Leptobolus
    • Libyaeglossa
    • Pachyglossella
    • Plectoglossa
    • Rafanoglossa
    • Spondyglossella
    • Tunisiglossa
  • Obolinae
    • Aksarinaia
    • Anomaloglossa
    • Apatobolus
    • Atansoria
    • Barbatulella
    • Dicellomus
    • Expellobolus
    • Experilingula
    • Fordinia
    • Foveola
    • Gorjanskya
    • Leontiella
    • Leptembolon
    • Lindinella
    • Lingulepis
    • Lingulobolus
    • Notiobolus
    • Obolopsis
    • Obolus
    • Oepikites
    • Palaeobolus
    • Palaeoglossa
    • Palaeoschmidtites
    • Pseudobolus
    • Schmidtites
    • Sinoglossa
    • Spinilingula
    • Squamilingulella
    • Trigonoglossa
    • Westonia
    • Westonisca
  • subfamily uncertain
    • Eodicellomus
    • Lingulella1

Obolidae is a family of extinct brachiopods.

Species

Obolidae species include:3

  • Obolus apollinis Eichwald, 1829
  • Schmidtites celatus (Volborth, 1869)
References

References

  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Charles Doolittle Walcott (1886). Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. Vol. 30 of Geological Survey bulletin. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 1–369.
  3. Emig C. C., Bitner M. A. & Álvarez F., 2019. Linguliformea. Brachiopoda database. Accessed 2020-09-27.