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Onychoplecia obesa

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae

Taxonomy
Onychoplecia obesa was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 117090b, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ¼ to ⅛ mile east-northeast of the railroad cut, 2.5 miles southwest of Marion, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone in the Row Park Limestone Formation of Pennsylvannia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Onychoplecia obesa Cooper pp. 534 - 535 figs. Plate 100, E, figures 23-27

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderTriplesiidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyTriplesioideaSchuchert 1913
familyTriplesiidaeSchuchert 1913
genusOnychopleciaCooper 1956
speciesobesa

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.

†Onychoplecia obesa Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
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