Torellella
Temporal range:
Torellella toolsensis (POPOV & KHAZANOVICH, 1989), Toolse River, North East Estonia, Maardu Formation, Upper Cambrian.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 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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