Sentences with phrase «brachiopod shells»
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Most foraminifera — tiny, shelled protozoans — were wiped out, along with many species of clamlike brachiopods.
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Other survivors of the Hangenberg event included sea urchins, sea lilies and shelled invertebrates called brachiopods.
Some other invertebrates with shells, such as the lamp shells (brachiopods) do receive a mention, but only briefly.
Other animals from these ancient marine sediments include a number of exciting new discoveries: arthropods without skeletons, many sponges, a few shelled brachiopods and a single trilobite species.