Peregrinella

Peregrinella
Temporal range: Cretaceous

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Fossil of Peregrinella multicarinata from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Rhynchonellida
Superfamily: Dimerelloidea
Family: Peregrinellidae
Genus: Peregrinella


Peregrinella is an extinct genus of brachiopods belonging to the family Peregrinellidae.

These brachiopods are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders, They lived in the Cretaceous period, from 136.4 to 130.0 Ma. Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of France and United States. [1]


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