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Tropidelasma curtum

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Tropidelasma curtum was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 152590b, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is AMNH B188-8, Last Chance Canyon, which is in a Kungurian offshore limestone in the San Andres Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Tropidelasma curtum Cooper and Grant pp. 340-341 figs. Pl 58, figs 1-14
2016Tropidelasma curtum Tazawa p. 376 figs. 8.3, 8.4

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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
genusTropidelasma
speciescurtum

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.

Tropidelasma curtum Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
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