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Kotlaia aethopa

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy
Kotlaia aethopa was named by Grant (1993). Its type specimen is USNM 402104, a shell (Articulated specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM9592, Agrelias 2, Chios, which is in a Roadian open shallow subtidal bindstone in the Gymnocodiacean Limestone Formation of Greece.

It was recombined as Acosarina aethopa by Shen and Clapham (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Kotlaia aethopa Grant pp. 6-7 figs. 5.1-5.6
2005Kotlaia aethopa Angiolini et al. p. 180 figs. 10A-K,11F,G
2009Acosarina aethopa Shen and Clapham p. 722 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-13

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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
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyEnteletoideaWaagen 1884
familySchizophoriidaeSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
genusKotlaia
speciesaethopa

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.

Kotlaia aethopa Grant 1993
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Diagnosis
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