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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
Luhotreta pompeckjiAD, Mergl a Šlehoferová (1990) MM279
Luhotreta pompeckji RŠ102
Luhotreta pompeckji YA1321
Luhotreta pompeckji YA1319
Luhotreta pompeckji YA1318
Luhotreta pompeckjiAD, Mergl a Šlehoferová (1990) MM274
Luhotreta pompeckjiMergl a Šlehoferová (1990), Pl. X, fig. 4-6 MM278
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Luhotreta pompeckjifoto MM293
Luhotreta pompeckji YA1317
Luhotreta pompeckjiAD, Mergl a Šlehoferová (1990), nevyobrazen MM271
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LuhotretaAD, Mergl a Šlehoferová (1990) MM280
LuhotretaMergl a Šlehoferová (1990), Pl. XI, fig. 15; Fatka et al. (1992), Pl. IV, fig. 6 MM286
LuhotretaMergl a Šlehoferová (1990), Pl. XI, fig. 16 MM270
LuhotretaAD, Mergl a Šlehoferová (1990) MM285
LuhotretaAD, Mergl a Šlehoferová (1990) MM281
Myotreta MM388
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Myotreta MM389

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