| Paterinata Temporal range:
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| Micromitra undosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | †Paterinata Williams et al., 1996 |
| Order: | †Paterinida Rowell, 1965 |
| Superfamily: | †Paterinoidea Schuchert, 1893 |
Paterinata is an extinct class of linguliform brachiopods which lived from the lower Cambrian ("Tommotian") to the Upper Ordovician (Hirnantian).[1] It contains the single order Paterinida and the subfamily Paterinoidea.[2] Despite being some of the earliest brachiopods to appear in the fossil record, paterinides stayed as a relatively subdued and low-diversity group even as other brachiopods diversified later in the Cambrian and Ordovician.[1] Paterinides are notable for their high degree of convergent evolution with rhynchonelliform (articulate) brachiopods, which have a similar set of muscles and hinge-adjacent structures.[2]
- ^ a b Curry, Gordon B.; Brunton, Howard C. (2007). "Chapter 9: Stratigraphic Distribution of Brachiopods". In Selden, Paul A. (ed.). Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised). Volume 6: Supplement. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Boulder, Colorado; Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America; University of Kansas. pp. 2901–2965. ISBN 978-0-8137-3136-0.
- ^ a b Laurie, J.R. (2000). "Chapter 1 (part): Paterinata". In Kaesler, Roger L. (ed.). Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised). Volumes 2 & 3: Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Boulder, Colorado; Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America; University of Kansas. pp. 147–156. ISBN 0-8137-3108-9.