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Punctospirifer sulcifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Punctospirifer sulcifer was named by Easton et al. (1958). Its type specimen is USNM 127935a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hill, 2.2 km WNW of Bisani, which is in a Kinderhookian/Osagean shallow subtidal limestone/chert in the Represo Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Punctospirifer sulcifer Easton et al. pp. 65 - 67 figs. Plate 7,D, figures 25-30

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familyPunctospiriferidae
genusPunctospiriferNorth 1920
speciessulcifer

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.

†Punctospirifer sulcifer Easton et al. 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available