Dictyonellida

Order of brachiopods

Dictyonellida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Chileata
Order:	†Dictyonellida

Dictyonellida Cooper, 1956 is a brachiopod order within the class Chileata, characterised by a perforation in the ventral valve that is extended through resorption and covered by a colleplax. The dictyonellides are known from the Upper Ordovician to the Lower Permian.^[1]

References

^ 1. Williams, A., 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). Treatise on Invertebrate Paeontology. Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised). Volume 2: Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea. (Geological Society of America & University of Kansas).

Brachiopod orders

Linguliformea

Lingulata	†Acrotretida Lingulida †Siphonotretida
†Paterinata	Paterinida

Craniiformea

Craniata	Craniida †Craniopsida †Trimerellida

Rhynchonelliformea

†Chileata	Chileida Dictyonellida
†Kutorginata	Kutorginida
†Obolellata	Naukatida Obolellida
Rhynchonellata	†Athyridida †Atrypida †Orthida †Pentamerida †Protorthida Rhynchonellida †Spiriferida †Spiriferinida Terebratulida Thecideida
†Strophomenata	Billingsellida Orthotetida Productida Strophomenida