Bradoriida

Bradoriida
Temporal range:
Stereographic pair of a 3D scan of Indiana sp. from the Maotianshan Shales
Life restoration of Kunmingella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: †Bradoriida
Raymond, 1935
Families and genera
  • Beryichonida
    • Beyrichona Matthew, 1886
    • Parahoulongdongella
  • Compatulida Öpik, 1968
    • Altuella
    • Zepaera Jones & McKenzie, 1980
  • Hipponicharionida Sylvester-Bradley, 1961
    • Albrunnicola (Beyrichona)
    • Cambroarchilocus
    • Hipponicharion
    • Quadricona Topper, 2010
    • Meishucunella
    • Neokunmingella
  • Monasteriida
    • Epactridion
  • Svealutida Öpik, 1968
  • Other genera (may fall into above orders or others; please confirm):
and others...

Bradoriida, also called bradoriids, are an extinct order of small marine arthropods with a bivalved carapace, which globally distributed, forming a significant portion of the Cambrian and Early Ordovician soft-bodied communities.

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