Acanthotretella is a genus of brachiopods known from the Burgess Shale[1][2] and the Guanshan fauna.[3]
| Acanthotretella Temporal range: Miaolingian – ~
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Lingulata |
| Order: | †Siphonotretida |
| Genus: | †Acanthotretella Holmer & Caron, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthotretella spinosa Holmer & Caron, 2006
| |
| Species | |
Their spines are proposed to be homologous with those of the Siphonotretids.[2]
Species edit
- Acanthotretella decaius Hu, Zhang, Holmer & Skovsted, 2010[3]
- Acanthotretella spinosa Holmer & Caron, 2006
References edit
- ^ "Acanthotretella spinosa". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ a b Holmer, L. E.; Caron, J. B. (2006). "A spinose stem group brachiopod with pedicle from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale". Acta Zoologica. 87 (4): 273. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00241.x.
- ^ a b Hu, S.; Zhang, Z.; Holmer, L.E.; Skovsted, C.B. (2010). "Soft−part preservation in a linguliform brachiopod from the lower Cambrian Wulongqing Formation (Guanshan Fauna) of Yunnan, South China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (3): 495–505. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.729.8220. doi:10.4202/app.2009.1106. S2CID 59439966.