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Composita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Composita

Phylum
  
Brachiopoda

Order
  
Family
  
Athyrididae

Higher classification
  
Athyrididae

Rank
  
Genus

Composita Pennsylvanian Atlas of Ancient Life American Midcontinent Composita

Similar
  
Brachiopod, Juresania, Neospirifer, Atrypa, Athyris

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Composita is a brachiopod genus that lived from the Devonian to the Permian. Composita had a smooth shell with a more or less distinct fold and sulcus and a round opening for the pedicle on the pedicle valve. Composita is included in the family Athyrididae (Order Athyridida) and placed in the subfamily Spirigerellinae.

Related genera include Cariothyris and Planalvus along with Athyris

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Composita Composita subtilita brachiopod Pennsylvanian Lake Neosho Shale

Composita Composita subtilita brachiopod Pennsylvanian Lake Neosho Shale

References

Composita Wikipedia