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Protorthida

Protorthida is an extinct order of Rhynchonellate brachiopods containing the taxa:Superfamily Protorthoidea Family Protorthidae Family Arctohedridae Family Leioriidae Superfamily Skenidioidea Family Skenidiidae

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Protorthida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: †Protorthida
Families
  • Superfamily Protorthoidea
    • Protorthidae
    • Arctohedridae
    • Leioriidae
  • Superfamily Skenidioidea
    • Skenidiidae

Protorthida is an extinct order of Rhynchonellate brachiopods containing the taxa:1

  • Superfamily Protorthoidea
    • Family Protorthidae
    • Family Arctohedridae
    • Family Leioriidae
  • Superfamily Skenidioidea
    • Family Skenidiidae
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.