Brachiopods are one of the most common fossils found at Seven Stars. They were lophophorates, meaning that like Bryozoans, Tentaculitids, Phoronid worms, and Hyolithids, they used an organ called a lophophore to filter plankton and other food from the water(1,2,3,4,5). Some Brachiopods are still alive today, but in much diminished numbers – less than 5%Continue reading “Brachiopods”