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Pustulospiriferina etheridgei

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Punctospirifer etheridgi was named by Armstrong (1970). Its type specimen is UQF 54612 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UQ L3127, middle strike ridge, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Tiverton Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Punctospirifer.

It was recombined as Pustulospiriferina etheridgei by Waterhouse (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Punctospirifer etheridgi Armstrong pp. 317-319 figs. Pl 25, figs 6-10,12-19,21,22
1987Pustulospiriferina etheridgei Waterhouse p. 45 figs. Pl 12, figs 26-28, cf. 29

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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
genusPustulospiriferina
speciesetheridgei()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Large shells with deep sulcus and high fold, 4-6 plicae on each valve, pustules well defined.