Composita
This article is about the marine animals. For the plants family, see Compositae.
| Composita | |
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| Composita from the Boone Formation of northern Arkansas. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Athyridida |
| Family: | Athyrididae |
| Genus: | Composita Brown, 1849 |
Composita is a brachiopod genus that lived from the Devonian to the Permian. Composita had a smooth shell with a more or less distinct fold and sulcus and a round opening for the pedicle on the pedicle valve. Composita is included in the family Athyrididae (Order Athyridida) and placed in the subfamily Spirigerellinae.
Related genera include Cariothyris and Planalvus along with Athyris
References
- R.C Moore 1952. Brachiopods, Ch 6. Moore, Lalicker, and Fischer. Invertebrate Fossils, McGraw-Hill.
- Composita data
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