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Brachiopods

Brachiopods are marine organisms that are characterized by a shell on their upper and lower surfaces. They thrived during the Paleozoic era and are considered to be the most successful bottom-dwelling macro-invertebrate of that time. These organisms suffered from the Permo-Triassic mass extinction and never regained the numbers they had during the Paleozoic. Despite not being as abundant as they once were, there still remains over 300 known species of this animal in oceans today.

Brachiopods should not be confused with bivalve molluscs which have shells on their left and right surfaces. Brachiopods are more closely related to the Bryozoa and Phoronida than they are to molluscs.

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  1. Brachiopods of Platteville/Decorah Twin Cities Minnesota

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  2. Late Jurassic brachiopods of European Russia

    • Album created by RuMert
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  3. Brachiopods, Jurassic Toracian, Spain

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  4. My First Fossil Collection

     My first Fossil Display from when I was 13.
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