Glyptoria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Protorthida
Family: Protorthidae
Genus: Glyptoria

Glyptoria is a genus of protorthid brachiopod with a ventral spondylium.[1] It is characterized by a free apical plate in the ventral valve interior and a distinctive coarse, lamellose ornament.[2]

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.
  2. Arthur, Cooper (March 1976). "Lower Cambrian Brachiopods from the Rift Valley (Israel and Jordan)". Journal of Paleontology. 50 (2): 269–289. JSTOR 1303495.


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