Eccentrotheca
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eccentrotheca-197-12081211
title:
Eccentrotheca
text:
Eccentrotheca is a genus of "tommotiid" known from Cambrian deposits. Its sclerites form rings that are stacked to produce a widening-upwards conical scleritome. Individual plates have been homologized with the valves of brachiopods, and a relationship with the phoronids is also likely at a stem-group level. Its pointed end terminated in a stub that probably fastened it to a hard sea floor; its open end has been interpreted as a filter-feeding aperture.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of marine organisms
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccentrotheca
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-06T05:20:30Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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15