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

Discina MŠ1918	Luhotreta pompeckji MM293	Paterula bohemica MŠ1823	Thysanotos siluricus MM405	Westonia fatkai MM437
Westonia fatkai MM433	Westonia fatkai MM510

In the Virtual Museum there are total 813 samples

Virtual museum of the Czech Geological Survey, www.geology.cz, (C) Czech Geological Survey, 2011, v.0.99 [13.12.2011]