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All brachiopods

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Mississippian to PermianComposita
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Spiriferida
Genus:         Composita
Triassic to RecentDigonella
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Terebratulida
Genus:         Digonella
OrdovicianHerbertella
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Orthida
Genus:         Herbertella
Pennsylvanian to PermianJuresania
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Strophomenida
Genus:         Juresania
Cambrian to RecentLingula
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Inarticulata
Order:      Lingulida
Genus:         Lingula
DevonianMucrospirifer
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Spiriferida
Genus:         Mucrospirifer
Upper CretaceousOrbirhynchia
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Rhynchonellida
Genus:         Orbirhynchia
DevonianParaspirifer
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Spiriferida
Genus:         Paraspirifer
SilurianPentamerus
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Pentamerida
Genus:         Pentamerus
Ordovician to SilurianPlatystrophia
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Orthida
Genus:         Platystrophia
Ordovician to DevonianRafinesquina
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Strophomenida
Genus:         Rafinesquina
OrdovicianSowerbyella
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Strophomenida
Genus:         Sowerbyella
Mississippian to PennsylvanianSpirifer
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Spiriferida
Genus:         Spirifer
Devonian to RecentTerebratula
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Classification
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:   Articulata
Order:      Terebratulida
Genus:         Terebratula