| Arhouriella Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Family: | †Arhouriellidae Geyer & Streng 1998 |
| Genus: | †Arhouriella Geyer & Streng 1998 |
| Species: | †A. opheodontoides |
| Binomial name | |
| †Arhouriella opheodontoides Geyer & Streng 1998 | |
Arhouriella is arguably the oldest example of a bivalve mollusc in the fossil record. Arguably because there are older contenders to this crown, and because there is not a watertight case that it is a bivalve. The type and only species, Arhouriella opheodontoides, was named and described by Gerd Geyer & Michael Streng in 1998.
References
- ^ Geyer, G; Streng, M. (1998). "Middle Cambrian Polycypods frm the Anti-Atlas, Morocco" (PDF). Revista Espanola de Paleontologia (in Spanish): 83–96.
- G E Budd; S Jensen (1 May 2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews. 75 (2): 253–295. doi:10.1017/S000632310000548X. ISSN 1464-7931. PMID 10881389. Wikidata Q28139976.
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| Arhouriella | |
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