1. Introduction

   EditorialNotes 23 November 2008 Pages: 775 - 775

2. Origin and dispersal of the earliest brachiopods

   • G. T. Ushatinskaya

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2008 Pages: 776 - 791

3. Supraordinal brachiopod classification

   • G. A. Afanasjeva

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2008 Pages: 792 - 802

4. Lines of phylogenetic studies of brachiopods

   • G. A. Afanasjeva

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2008 Pages: 803 - 804

5. Ontophylogenetic studies of the brachiopods of the order terebratulida

   • T. N. Smirnova

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2008 Pages: 805 - 824

6. Morphobiological study of the brachiopods of the order Chonetida

   • G. A. Afanasjeva

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2008 Pages: 825 - 829

7. Biogeography of the recent brachiopods

   • O. N. Zezina

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2008 Pages: 830 - 858