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.{{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 }} Members of this family commonly lack dorsal spines, and are characterized in possessing a distinct trail and deep corpus cavity.{{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 }}