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Plectorthoidea

A superfamily of brachiopods containing:Family Plectorthidae Family Cremnorthidae Family Cyclocoeliidae Family Eoorthidae Family Euorthisinidae Family Finkelnburgiidae Family Giraldiellidae Family Phragmorthidae Family Platystrophiidae Family Ranorthidae Family Rhactorthidae Family Tasmanorthidae Family Wangyuiidae

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Plectorthoidea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Suborder: Orthidina
Superfamily: Plectorthoidea
Schuchert & Le Vene, 1929

A superfamily of brachiopods containing:1

  • Family Plectorthidae
  • Family Cremnorthidae
  • Family Cyclocoeliidae
  • Family Eoorthidae
  • Family Euorthisinidae
  • Family Finkelnburgiidae
  • Family Giraldiellidae
  • Family Phragmorthidae
  • Family Platystrophiidae
  • Family Ranorthidae
  • Family Rhactorthidae
  • Family Tasmanorthidae
  • Family Wangyuiidae
References

References

  1. Williams, Alwyn; Brunton, C.H.C.; Carlson, S.J.; et al. (1997–2007). Kaesler, Roger L.; Selden, Paul (eds.). Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Boulder, Colorado; Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America; University of Kansas.