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Linguliformea (Linguliforms)

      Linguliformea is a subphylum of former inarticulate brachiopods. These were the earliest of brachiopods, ranging from the Cambrian into the Holocene. They rapidly diversified during the Cambrian into the Ordovician, but most families went extinct by the end of the Devonian.The articulation in these brachiopods is lacking. These brachiopods have adductor and oblique muscles, but no diductor muscles. The anus is located at the side of the body. The pedicle is a hollow extension of the ventral body wall. Posterior body wall separates dorsal and ventral mantles. The shells are usually made up of apatite (calcium phosphate), however rare cases have calcite or aragonite shells.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguliformea
Careniellus nigriculus (Havlíček, 1999) AH245
Careniellus nigriculus (Havlíček, 1999) AH10
Careniellus nigriculus (Havlíček, 1999) AH11
Celdobolus complexus p4498
Celdobolus complexus MŠ3369
Celdobolus complexus p4511
Celdobolus complexus YA904
Celdobolus complexus YA1068
Celdobolus complexus p5121
Celdobolus complexus MŠ3368
Celdobolus complexus YA1086
Celdobolus complexus MŠ3367
Celdobolus complexus p3684
Celdobolus complexus MŠ3370
Celdobolus complexus p5126
Celdobolus complexus p3726
Celdobolus mirandusAD Peršín, Mergl, Budil a Tasáryová (2018), nevyobrazeno JP2012
Celdobolus mirandusPeršín, Mergl, Budil a Tasáryová (2018), Fig. 3. 11 JP2010
Celdobolus mirandus MM244
Celdobolus mirandusPeršín, Mergl, Budil a Tasáryová (2018), Fig. 3. 12 JP2011

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