Diraphora Explained

Diraphora is an extinct genus of brachiopod that lived in the Cambrian. Its remains have been found in Australia and North America. 664 specimens of Diraphora are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 1.26% of the community.^[1]

References

• Diraphora at the Field Museum's Evolving Planet

External links

• Web site: 2011. Diraphora bellicostata. Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025257/http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=46. 2020-11-12. dead. 2023-01-21.
• Diraphora in the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. Caron . Jean-Bernard. Jackson . Donald A.. Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale. PALAIOS . 21 . 5 . 451–65. October 2006. 10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. 20173022. 2006Palai..21..451C . 53646959 .