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Glyptorthis glypta
Taxonomy
Glyptorthis glypta was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 110067c, a valve (brachial valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville, which is in an Ashbyan reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Glyptorthis glypta Cooper pp. 369 - 370 figs. Plate 48, B, figures 7-1 I; plate 108, A, figures I-5 |
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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.
†Glyptorthis glypta Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||