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Atelelasma primotica

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae

Taxonomy
Atelelasma primotica was named by Ross and Barnes (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 145698 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D 831 CO, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. obscurum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Atelelasma primotica Ross and Barnes p. D6 figs. Piate 2, figures 8-14

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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
speciesprimotica

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 primotica Ross and Barnes 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available