Rhynchonellida

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Rhynchonellida (rhynchonellids; class Articulata) Order of brachiopods (Brachiopoda), with rostrate shells, a functional pedicle, and a delthyrium partly restricted by a pair of deltidial plates. The shell is usually impunctate. They appeared first in the Middle Ordovician. The order contains about 250 genera, most of which are extinct.

Rhynchonellida

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Rhynchonellida (phylum Brachiopoda, class Articulata) An order of brachiopods that have rostrate shells, a functional pedicle, and a delthyrium partly restricted by a pair of deltidial plates. The shell is usually impunctate. They appeared first in the Middle Ordovician. The order contains about 250 genera, most of which are extinct.

rhynchonellids

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rhynchonellids See RHYNCHONELLIDA.

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