Chonioconarida
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| Chonioconarida Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Class: | Tentaculita† Bouček, 1964 |
| Subclass: | Chonioconarida† Farsan, 1994 |
| superorders | |
Chonioconarida is an extinct subclass of free living animals from the Tentaculita class, which were common in the Silurian and Devonian oceans. Chonioconarids have a slim and long needle-like larval parts. They are covered with sculpture throughout (Farsan 2005). Their affinity is unknown. Their fossils are known from Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America.
References
- Farsan, N.M. 2005. Description of the early ontogenetic part of the Tentaculitids, with implications for classification. Lethaia 38: 255-270.
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