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Extinct genus of problematic fossils

Torellella
Temporal range: Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Torellella toolsensis (POPOV & KHAZANOVICH, 1989), Toolse River, North East Estonia, Maardu Formation, Upper Cambrian.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Order: †Hyolithelmintida
Family: †Torellellidae
Genus: †Torellella
Holm, 1893
Species

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Torellella sulcata (MISSARZHEVSKY, 1982), Jägala, North Estonia, Ülgase Formation, Upper Cambrian.

Torellella is a genus of problematic tubicolous fossils. They have slightly conical, phosphatic tubes with elliptical cross-section. Their fossils are known from the Cambrian.

References

  1. ^ Vinn, O. (2006). "Possible cnidarian affinities of Torellella (Hyolithelminthes, Upper Cambrian, Estonia)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 80 (4): 384–389. doi:10.1007/bf02990210. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
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Torellella


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