Biology:Torellella

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Short description: Extinct genus of problematic fossils

Torellella
Temporal range: Cambrian[1]
Torellella toolsensis.jpg
Torellella toolsensis (POPOV & KHAZANOVICH, 1989), Toolse River, North East Estonia, Maardu Formation, Upper Cambrian.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Order: Hyolithelmintida
Family: Torellellidae
Genus: Torellella
Holm, 1893
Species

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Torellella sulcata (MISSARZHEVSKY, 1982), Jägala, North Estonia, Ülgase Formation, Upper Cambrian.

Torellella is a genus of problematic tubicolous fossils. They have slightly conical, phosphatic tubes with elliptical cross-section. Their fossils are known from the Cambrian. [1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7825662 entry