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Orbicoelia fraterculus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Orbicoelia fraterculus was named by Waterhouse and Piyasin (1970). Its type specimen is University of Toronto B573, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Khao Phrik, Rat Buri, which is in a Wordian offshore shelf limestone/limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Orbicoelia fraterculus Waterhouse and Piyasin p. 145 figs. Pl 25, figs 16-26; pl 26, figs 1-4; text-figs 14,20
1976Orbicoelia fraterculus Grant p. 193 figs. Pl 52, figs 1-24
1991Orbicoelia fraterculus Sun p. 246 figs. Pl 6, figs 21-24
1994Orbicoelia fraterculus Yanagida and Pillevuit p. 92 figs. Pl 6, fig 4
2005Orbicoelia fraterculus Campi et al. p. 140 figs. Pl 6, figs B, D-F, H, N
2006Orbicoelia fraterculus Chen and Shi p. 18 figs. Pl 5, figs 39-43; text-fig 11
2009Orbicoelia fraterculus Shen and Clapham p. 728 figs. Pl 5, figs 7-17

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyAmbocoelioideaGeorge 1931
familyAmbocoeliidae
subfamilyAmbocoeliinae
genusOrbicoelia
speciesfraterculus

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.

†Orbicoelia fraterculus Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available