atrypacean

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noun

Any brachiopod of the superfamily Atrypacea.

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Meanings

nounatrypacean (plural atrypaceans)

plural atrypaceans

  1. Any brachiopod of the superfamily Atrypacea.

    This size difference applies to many of the Silurian-Devonian families including the spiriferids, chonetids, atrypoids, atrypaceans, and some pentameroids (mostly among the gyidulids) (Boucot et al. 2012).

    2013, Rituparna Bose, Palaeobiology of Middle Paleozoic Marine Brachiopods: A Case Study
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