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Linoproductidae Temporal range: Visean–Upper Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Linoproductus at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Strophomenata
Order:	†Productida
Superfamily:	†Linoproductoidea
Family:	†Linoproductidae Stehli, 1954
Subgroups
Anidanthinae Linispininae Linoproductinae Paucispinauriinae Siphonosiinae

Linoproductidae is an extinct family of brachiopods which lived during the Carboniferous and Permian periods. The family was widespread across marine habitats, with fossils having been found on all continents except Antarctica. Members of this family commonly lack dorsal spines, and are characterized in possessing a distinct trail and deep corpus cavity.

References

1. Stehli, Francis Greenough (1954). "Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo". Bulletin of the AMNH. 105 (3): 261–358. hdl:2246/1143.
2. Williams, Alwyn (2000). "Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America: 526. doi:10.17161/dt.v0i0.5209.

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