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Science 18 August 1978:
Vol. 201. no. 4356, pp. 626 - 628
DOI: 10.1126/science.201.4356.626
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Tentaculites: Evidence for a Brachiopod Affinity?

KENNETH M. TOWE 1

1 Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560

Transmission electron microscope studies of fractured surfaces reveal that the shells of Tentaculites are constructed of calcite with a ridge and groove structure and cross-bladed fabric heretofore unique to some articulate brachiopods. A possible affinity with brachiopods or phoronids is suggested for Tentaculites.

Submitted on March 30, 1978
Revised on May 17, 1978


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