Acrotheloidea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Order: | Discinida |
| Superfamily: | †Acrotheloidea |
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Acrotheloidea is an extinct superfamily of discinid brachiopods, that lived from the Early Cambrian to Early Ordovician periods, c. 538 – 471 Ma. They are sometimes alternatively ascribed to the lingulids.
There is evidence for an evolutionary transition through the genera Eoobolus, Pustulobolus, and Bostfordia to the Acrotretids.[2] Acrotheloids have an apical foramen.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kazlev, M.Alan. "Palaeos Metazoa: Brachiopoda: Linguliformea: Discinida". palaeos.com.
- ^ Boyce, W. D.; Balthasar, U.; Knight, I.; Skovsted, C. B. (6 November 2017). "Depth related brachiopod faunas from the lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of southern Labrador and western Newfoundland, Canada". Palaeontologia Electronica: 1–52. doi:10.26879/775. hdl:10026.1/11606.
- ^ Ushatinskaya, G. T; Korovnikov, I. V (2016). "Revision of the superfamily Acrotheloidea (Brachiopoda, class Linguliformea, order Lingulida) from the Lower and Middle Cambrian of the Siberian Platform". Paleontological Journal. 50 (5): 450–462. Bibcode:2016PalJ...50..450U. doi:10.1134/S0031030116050130.
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