Chileata Wiliams et al., 1996 is a class of rhynchonelliformbrachiopods, characterised, among others, by the presence of a perforation in the umbonal region of the ventral valve, usually (partly) covered by a colleplax. They are known from the Cambrian to the Lower Permian.[2]
Salanygolina may represent the chileate stem group.[3]
↑Williams, Alwyn; Brunton, C.H.C.; Carlson, S.J.; etal. (1997–2007). Kaesler, Roger L.; Selden, Paul (eds.). Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Boulder, Colorado; Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America; University of Kansas.
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