Palaeotremata

plural noun

Palaeo·​trema·​ta

-rēm-

: a small order of Brachiopoda comprising primitive inarticulate forms known from the Lower Cambrian through the Ordovician

palaeotremate

¦⸗⸗⸗¦⸗mə̇t

-ˌmāt

noun

plural -s

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pale- + -tremata

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