Chileata

A rhynchonelliform class,[2] characterised by the presence of a colleplax; closest relative (?): Salanygolina.[3]

Chileata Temporal range: Cambrian –Permian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Lophophorata
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Subphylum:	Rhynchonelliformea
Class:	†Chileata
Orders and Families
Order Chileida, Superfamily Matutelloidea Matutellidae Chileidae Order Dictyonellida, Superfamily Eichwaldioidea Eichwaldiidae Isogrammidae

Salanygolina

Thought to be a sister group.[3]

References

1. http://fossiilid.info/71
2. Williams, Alwyn; Carlson, S.J.; Brunton, C.H.C.; Holmer, L.E.; Popov, L.E.; Mergl, M.; Laurie, J.R.; Bassett, M.G.; Cocks, L.R.M.; Rong, J.-Y.; et al. (2000). Paul Selden (ed.). "Part H, Brachiopoda. Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America.
3. Holmer, L.E., Stolk, S.P., Skovsted, C.B., Balthasar, U., and Popov, L. (2009). The enigmatic early Cambrian ~Salanygolina~ - A stem group of rhynchonelliform chileate brachiopods? Palaeontology 52, 1–10.