Family TEREBRATULIDAE Gray, 1840
- Cooper, G.A. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda), Triassic to Recent: a study of the Brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50: 445 [245]
Introduction
Occurence: Upper Triassic to Recent.
Diagnosis
Valves smooth or with growth lamellae, semiplicate or part capillate; loop terebratulid, crural processes not united to form ringlike loop, outer hinge plates present, and inner hinge plates also in some genera; dorsal median septum and dental plates absent; lophophore plectolophous and filament spicules present in some Recent genera. From Moore (1965: H773).
Diagnosis References
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) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |