Aemula is an extinctgenus of brachiopods that lived during the Cretaceous period. The pedunculate brachiopod species Aemula inusitata had lived on the bodies of larger animals which served for enough feeding surface, since no large attachment sites were available on the Maastrichtian chalk of the sea floor (Gould, 1977, p. 333). It was a very small animal, having a maximum length of 7 mm, and is believed to have been short lived as interpreted from its growth lines (Surlyk, 1974; Gould, 1977, p. 332).
Gould, Stephen J. (1977). Ontogeny and phylogeny. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press.
Sepkoski, J. J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560.
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aemula, extinct, genus, brachiopods, that, lived, during, cretaceous, period, pedunculate, brachiopod, species, inusitata, lived, bodies, larger, animals, which, served, enough, feeding, surface, since, large, attachment, sites, were, available, maastrichtian,. Aemula is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived during the Cretaceous period The pedunculate brachiopod species Aemula inusitata had lived on the bodies of larger animals which served for enough feeding surface since no large attachment sites were available on the Maastrichtian chalk of the sea floor Gould 1977 p 333 It was a very small animal having a maximum length of 7 mm and is believed to have been short lived as interpreted from its growth lines Surlyk 1974 Gould 1977 p 332 AemulaTemporal range CretaceousScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum BrachiopodaClass RhynchonellataOrder TerebratulidaSuborder TerebratellidinaFamily PlatidiidaeGenus AemulaSteinich 1968Species Aemula inusitataPaleontology portalReferences editGould Stephen J 1977 Ontogeny and phylogeny Cambridge MA Harvard University Press Sepkoski J J 2002 A compendium of fossil marine animal genera Bulletins of American Paleontology 363 1 560 Surlyk Finn 1974 Life habit feeding mechanism and population structure of the Cretaceous brachiopod genus Aemula Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 15 185 203 doi 10 1016 0031 0182 74 90014 5 Williams A Brunton C H C Baker S J P G Carlson Carter J L Curry G B Dagys A S Gourvennec R Hou H F Jin Y G Johnson J G MacKinnon D I Racheboeuf P R Smirnova T N Sun D L 2006 Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H Brachiopoda Rhynchonelliformea part 5 1689 2320 External links editAemula in the Paleobiology Database nbsp This brachiopod related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aemula amp oldid 1173345652, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
