Torellella
| Torellella Temporal range: Cambrian[1] | |
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| Torellella toolsensis (POPOV & KHAZANOVICH, 1989), Toolse River, North East Estonia, Maardu Formation, Upper Cambrian. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Order: | Hyolithelmintida† |
| Family: | Torellellidae† |
| Genus: | Torellella† Holm, 1893 |
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Torellella sulcata (MISSARZHEVSKY, 1982), Jägala, North Estonia, Ülgase Formation, Upper Cambrian.
Torellella is a genus of problematic tubicolous fossils. They have slightly conical, phosphatic tubes with elliptical cross-section. Their fossils are known from the Cambrian. [1]
References
- 1 2 Vinn, O. (2006). "Possible cnidarian affinities of Torellella (Hyolithelminthes, Upper Cambrian, Estonia)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80 (4): 384–389. doi:10.1007/bf02990210. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
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