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Cincinnetina minnesotensis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Taxonomy
Cincinnetina minnesotensis was named by Jin (2012). Its type specimen is GSC 131784, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North side roadcut about 4 km due east of Chatfield along Hwy. 74, which is in a Blackriveran shallow subtidal carbonate in the Platteville Formation of Minnesota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Cincinnetina minnesotensis Jin pp. 223 - 226 fig. 14–16

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyDalmanelloideaSchuchert 1913
familyDalmanellidaeSchuchert 1913
genusCincinnetina
speciesminnesotensis

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Jin 2012Shell small, transversely subelliptical, commonly planoconvex, with weakly sulcate dorsal valve. Moderately fascicostellate; growth lines forming inconspicuous reticulate pits between ribs. Cardinal process commonly hyperbilobate. Incipient differentiation of coarse and fine punctae; aditicules absent.