Aldanotreta
| Aldanotreta Temporal range: Early Cambrian
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | †Paterinata |
| Order: | †Paterinida |
| Family: | †Cryptotretidae |
| Genus: | †Aldanotreta Pelman, 1977 |
Aldanotreta is an extinct genus of brachiopods dating from the Tommotian age of the Cambrian period. It is perhaps the earliest brachiopod. A living relative is Lingula found in Japan.
References
- Brasier, Martin (2009). Darwins Lost World. Oxford University Press. pp. 56–58, 61–2, 124. ISBN 978-0-19-954897-2.