Chileata Wiliams et al., 1996 is a class of rhynchonelliform brachiopods, 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.

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