athyride

English

Etymology

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Noun

athyride (plural athyrides)

1. Any brachiopod of the order †Athyridida.
   • 2015 December 15, “Phylogenetic Clustering of Origination and Extinction across the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Origination rates were substantially higher within pentameride, spiriferide, and athyride brachiopods, all of which increase in diversity in this interval [39 ].

References

• Athyridida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Athyridida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Athyridida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Athyridida at Paleobiology Database