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Pyramidaspirifer alta

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Platyrachella alta was named by Fenton and Fenton (1924). Its type specimen is UM 8213 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pyramidaspirifer.

It was recombined as Pyramidaspirifer alta by Ma and Day (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Platyrachella alta Fenton and Fenton p. 165 figs. pl. 29, figs. 11- 13
2000Pyramidaspirifer alta Ma and Day pp. 459 - 461 figs. 4.6-4.7, 8.10-8.19,9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyCyrtospiriferoideaTermier and Termier 1949
familyCyrtospiriferidaeTermier and Termier 1949
genusPyramidaspirifer
speciesalta(Fenton and Fenton 1924)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pyramidaspirifer alta Fenton and Fenton 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available