Diraphora

Diraphora Temporal range: Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Orthida
Family:	Bohemiellidae
Genus:	Diraphora

Diraphora is an extinct genus of brachiopod that lived in the Cambrian. Its remains have been found in Australia and North America. 664 specimens of Diraphora are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 1.26% of the community.[1]

References

1. Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.

• Diraphora Archived 2009-03-18 at the Wayback Machine at the Field Museum's Evolving Planet

External links

• "Diraphora bellicostata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
• Diraphora in the Paleobiology Database