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Atelelasma dorsoconvexum

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae

Taxonomy
Atelelasma dorsoconvexum was named by Cooper (1956). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2½ miles southeast of Riceville, Calhoun, which is in an Ashbyan marine shale in the Edinburg Formation of Tennessee.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. obscurum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Atelelasma dorsoconvexum Cooper pp. 519 - 520 figs. Plate 80, G, figures 35-39 ; plate 82, M, figures 53-57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderBillingsellida
suborderClitambonitidinaOpik 1934
superfamilyClitambonitoideaWinchell and Schuchert 1893
familyClitambonitidaeWinchell and Schuchert 1893
genusAtelelasmaCooper 1956
speciesdorsoconvexum

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.

†Atelelasma dorsoconvexum Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available