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Chonioconarida

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Chonioconarida
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Tentaculita
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

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  • Farsan, N.M. 2005. Description of the early ontogenetic part of the Tentaculitids, with implications for classification. Lethaia 38: 255-270.