Strophomenoidea

Strophomenoidea
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Strophomenida
Superfamily:
King, 1846[1]
Families

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Strophomenoidea is an extinct superfamily of prehistoric brachiopods in the order Strophomenida.

Families

- after Williams, Alwyn; Brunton, C.H.C.; Carlson, S.J.; et al. (1997–2007). Kaesler, Roger L.; Selden, Paul (eds.). Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Boulder, Colorado; Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America; University of Kansas.


  • Amphistrophiidae
  • Christianiidae
  • Douvillinidae
  • Eopholidostrophiidae
  • Glyptomenidae
  • Leptaenoideidae
  • Leptostrophiidae
  • Rafinesquinidae
  • Shaleriidae
  • Strophodontidae
  • Strophomenidae
  • Strophonellidae

References

  1. ^ ²Remarks on certain genera belonging to the class Palliobranchiata. W King, Journal of Natural History, 1846