Microconchida

Microconchida; Temporal range: Upper Ordovician - Middle Jurassic (Taylor and Vinn, 2006) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Palaeoconchus angulatus (Hall, 1861) on a brachiopod from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Michigan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	†Tentaculita
Order:	†Microconchida; Weedon 1991
Genera
	Microconchus; Palaeoconchus; Annuliconchus; Punctaconchus; Polonoconchus; Helicoconchus;

*Punctaconchus midfordensis* (Richardson, 1907). Bajocian, Clypeus Grit Member, Worgan's Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK.

The

brachiopods. Microconchids may be closely related to the other encrusting tentaculitoid tubeworms, such as Anticalyptraea, trypanoporids and cornulitids.^[3]

References

^ Weedon, M.J. 1991. "Microstructure and affinity of the enigmatic Devonian tubular fossil Trypanopora". Lethaia 24:227-234.
^ Vinn, O. 2006. "Two new microconchid (Tentaculita Bouček 1964) genera from the Early Palaeozoic of Baltoscandia and England". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 2006:89-100.
^ ^a ^b Vinn, O. 2010. "Adaptive strategies in the evolution of encrusting tentaculitoid tubeworms". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 292:211–221.
^ Vinn, O. & Mutvei, H. 2009. "Calcareous tubeworms of the Phanerozoic". Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 58:286-296.
doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00258.x

^ ^a ^b Taylor, P.D. & Vinn, O. 2006. "Convergent morphology in small spiral worm tubes ("Spirorbis") and its palaeoenvironmental implications". Journal of the Geological Society, London 163:225-228.

Wilson, M.A., Yancey, T.E. and Vinn, O. 2011. "A new microconchid tubeworm from the Lower Permian (Artinskian) of central Texas, USA". doi:10.4202/app.2010.0086
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Zaton, M., Wilson, M.A. and Vinn, O. 2012. "Redescription and neotype designation of the Middle Devonian microconchid (Tentaculita) species ‘Spirorbis’ angulatus Hall, 1861". Journal of Paleontology 86:417-424.

Taxon identifiers
Microconchida

Wikidata: Q6839384

IRMNG: 12625

Open Tree of Life: 5297801

Paleobiology Database: 138652

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[Weedon91-1] Weedon, M.J. 1991. "Microstructure and affinity of the enigmatic Devonian tubular fossil Trypanopora". Lethaia 24:227-234.

[Vinn2006-2] Vinn, O. 2006. "Two new microconchid (Tentaculita Bouček 1964) genera from the Early Palaeozoic of Baltoscandia and England". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 2006:89-100.

[Vinn2010-3] Vinn, O. 2010. "Adaptive strategies in the evolution of encrusting tentaculitoid tubeworms". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 292:211–221.

[VinnMutvei2009-4] Vinn, O. & Mutvei, H. 2009. "Calcareous tubeworms of the Phanerozoic". Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 58:286-296.

[ZatonVinn2011-5] doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00258.x

[TaylorVinn-6] Taylor, P.D. & Vinn, O. 2006. "Convergent morphology in small spiral worm tubes ("Spirorbis") and its palaeoenvironmental implications". Journal of the Geological Society, London 163:225-228.

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