Chileata

A rhynchonelliform class,[2] characterised by the presence of a colleplax; closest relative (?): Salanygolina.[3]

Chileata
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Rhynchonelliformea
Class: †Chileata
Orders and Families
  • Order Chileida, Superfamily Matutelloidea
    • Matutellidae
    • Chileidae
  • Order Dictyonellida, Superfamily Eichwaldioidea
    • Eichwaldiidae
    • Isogrammidae

Salanygolina

Thought to be a sister group.[3]

References
  1. "Chileata".
  2. Williams, Alwyn; Brunton, C.H.C.; Carlson, S.J.; et al. (1997–2007). Roger L. Kaesler (1997–2006); Paul Selden (2007) (eds.). Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Boulder, CO; Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America.
  3. Holmer, L.E., Stolk, S.P., Skovsted, C.B., Balthasar, U., and Popov, L. (2009). The enigmatic early Cambrian ~Salanygolina~ - A stem group of rhynchonelliform chileate brachiopods? Palaeontology 52, 1–10.


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