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brachiopod any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Since then, volume after volume has appeared, dealing with trace fossils, spores, conodonts, sponges, plants, graptolites, foraminifers, brachiopods and, yes, more trilobites (according to some, too many, but never mind). Other prominent losers were the brachiopods, two-shelled animals that superficially resembled clams. Bambach figured that passive animals that merely sat on the seafloor--like brachiopods, then the most abundant animals--would die. |
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