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Bothrostegium compactum

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Bothrostegium compactum was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 152599b, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Bothrostegium compactum Cooper and Grant pp. 330-331 figs. Pl 62, figs 22-36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusBothrostegium
speciescompactum

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.

†Bothrostegium compactum Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available