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Lingulata

Lingulata

Overview

Dating back to the Cambrian (+500 million years ago) Lingulata are some of the oldest and most successful brachiopod groups containing a few species still alive today. They have phosphatic shells and possess a long pedicle, which allows them to burrow into soft muddy substrates.


Orders of Lingulata present in the Creteacous of the Western Interior Seaway