Nebraska's Invertebrate Fossils -Modern Brachiopods
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Introduction, Modern Brachiopods
Brachiopods are exclusively marine bivalved animals. They were common in the Paleozoic seas that covered much of North America but their numbers and diversity have decreased since the beginning of the Mesozoic. Most of the modern brachiopods belong to the terebratuloid group.
