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Posicomta dolabrata

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Composita dolabrata was named by Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 212895, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9268, Khao Tok Nam Hill, Rat Buri, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand.

It was recombined as Posicomta dolabrata by Grunt (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Composita dolabrata Grant pp. 206-209 figs. Pl 57, figs 21-31
1986Posicomta dolabrata Grunt

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilySpirigerellinae
genusPosicomta
speciesdolabrata()

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.

Posicomta dolabrata Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
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