Terpene

Atrypida
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Frasnian [1][2]
Atrypa reticularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Atrypida
Families

Atrypida is an extinct order of rhynchonelliform brachiopods. They first appeared in middle Ordovician and survived the Ordovician-Silurian extinction, becoming the dominant brachiopods of the Silurian alongside the order Pentamerida.[3][4] They would survive into the Late Devonian before going extinct at the end of the Frasnian (Late Devonian).[2]

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