Acrotheloidea

Acrotheloidea is a superfamily of Discinid brachiopods, alternatively ascribed to the lingulids—for a discussion of discinid taxonomy, see Discinida.

Acrotheloidea
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Order: Discinida
Superfamily: †Acrotheloidea
Families
  • Acrothelidae
  • Botsfordiidae Schindewolf, 1955

The story goes that there's an evolutionary transition from Eoobolus through Pustulobolus and Bostfordia to Acrotretids.

Acrotheloids have an apical foramen.

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