Linoproductidae

{{Short description|Family of marine lamp shells}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Visean|Upper Permian}} | image = Linoproductus (36758994391).jpg | image_caption = Fossil of ''Linoproductus'' at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History | taxon = Linoproductidae | authority = Stehli, 1954 | subdivision_ranks = Subgroups | subdivision = *Anidanthinae *Linispininae *Linoproductinae *Paucispinauriinae *Siphonosiinae }}

'''Linoproductidae''' is an extinct family of brachiopods which lived during the Carboniferous and Permian periods. The family was widespread across marine habitats, with fossils having been found on all continents except Antarctica.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stehli |first=Francis Greenough |date=1954 |title=Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1143 |journal=Bulletin of the AMNH |volume=105 |issue=3 |pages=261–358|hdl=2246/1143 }}</ref> Members of this family commonly lack dorsal spines, and are characterized in possessing a distinct trail and deep corpus cavity.<ref name=":alwyn">{{Cite journal |last=Williams |first=Alwyn |url=https://journals.ku.edu/InvertebratePaleo/article/view/5209/4687 |title=Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology |journal=Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology |publisher=Geological Society of America |year=2000 |pages=526|doi=10.17161/dt.v0i0.5209 }}</ref>

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Category:Rhynchonellata