Echinoconchinae Temporal range:
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Fossils of Echinoconchus (13-26) along with other brachiopods | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | †Strophomenata |
Order: | †Productida |
Family: | †Echinoconchidae |
Subfamily: | †Echinoconchinae Stehli, 1954 |
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Echinoconchinae is an extinct subfamily of brachiopods which lived during the Carboniferous and Permian periods in marine habitats. The family had a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]