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Cyclacantharia gigantea

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

Taxonomy
Cyclacantharia gigantea was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 151648, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM707a, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Cyclacantharia gigantea Cooper and Grant p. 942 figs. Pl 295, figs 1-6

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyRichthofenioidea()
familyCyclacanthariidae
subfamilyCyclacanthariinae
genusCyclacantharia
speciesgigantea

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.

†Cyclacantharia gigantea Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available