Diraphora
Extinct genus of marine lamp shells
| Diraphora Temporal range: Cambrian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Orthida |
| Family: | Bohemiellidae |
| Genus: | Diraphora |
Paleontology portal
Diraphora is an extinct genus of brachiopod that lived in the Cambrian. Its remains have been found in Australia and North America. 664 specimens of Diraphora are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 1.26% of the community.[1]
References
- ^ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.
- Diraphora Archived 2009-03-18 at the Wayback Machine at the Field Museum's Evolving Planet
External links
- "Diraphora bellicostata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- Diraphora in the Paleobiology Database
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