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Valcourea plana

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae

Taxonomy
Valcourea plana was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 116967 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Valcourea plana Cooper pp. 409 - 410 figs. Plate 72, C, figures 14-21 ; plate 73, C, figures 15-22

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyPlaesiomyidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyPlaesiomyinaeSchuchert 1913
genusValcoureaRaymond 1911
speciesplana

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.

†Valcourea plana Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
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