Chileata Explained

Chileata Wiliams et al., 1996 is a class of rhynchonelliform brachiopods, characterised, among others, by the presence of a perforation in the umbonal region of the ventral valve, usually (partly) covered by a colleplax. They are known from the Cambrian to the Lower Permian.

Salanygolina may represent the chileate stem group.^[1]

Notes and References

1. HOLMER . LARS E . STOLK . SANDRA PETTERSSON . SKOVSTED . CHRISTIAN B. . BALTHASAR . UWE . POPOV . LEONID . January 2009 . THE ENIGMATIC EARLY CAMBRIAN SALANYGOLINA – A STEM GROUP OF RHYNCHONELLIFORM CHILEATE BRACHIOPODS? . Palaeontology . en . 52 . 1 . 1–10 . 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00831.x . 129100626 . 0031-0239.