Kutorgina
| Kutorgina Temporal range: Lower Cambrian - Middle Cambrian | |
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| K. cingulata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Subphylum: | Rhynchonelliformea |
| Class: | Kutorginata |
| Family: | Kutorginidae |
| Genus: | Kutorgina |
Kutorgina is a genus of Cambrian brachiopod[1] and is one of the earliest of the articulates, known as rhynchonelliforms.
Kutorgina has a concavo-convex shell with the smaller brachial valve dished in and the larger pedical valve broadly arched. The brachial valve has a rather prominent interarea at the back which is curved over by the prominent beak at the back of the pedical valve.
It includes the species Kutorgina elanica Malakhovskaya, 2013
References
- ↑ Charles Doolittle Walcott (1886). Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. 30 of Geological Survey bulletin. Govt. Print. Off.,. p. 369.
- Kutorginata
- Moore, Lalicker, and Fischer. Invertebrate Fossils, ch 6 Brachiopoda. McGraw-Hill 1952.
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