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Composita minuscula

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Composita minuscula was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26927/1:3, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH286, Bed 8, Cerro Caya Caya Section 18, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Composita minuscula Chronic p. 76
1953Composita minuscula Chronic p. 72 figs. Pl 12, figs 15a-18d

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilySpirigerellinae
genusCompositaBrown 1849
speciesminuscula

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.

†Composita minuscula Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
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