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Family CANCELLOTHYRIDIDAE

Introduction

Occurence: ?Lower Jurassic to ?Middle Jurassic, Upper Jurassic to Recent.

 

Diagnosis

Valves capillate, branchial loop short, crural processes may unite to form ring like loop, crural bases attached to socket ridges; hinge plates and median septum only exceptionally developed; adult lophophore spirolophous, plectolophous, or subplectolophous. From Moore (1965: H807).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)