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Spinifrons grandicosta

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Taxonomy
Spinifrons grandicosta was named by Hoover (1981). Its type specimen is USNM 221259, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 13, mule trail between El Portachuelo and Mucuchachi, which is in a Kungurian deep subtidal shelf wackestone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Spinifrons grandicosta Hoover p. 80 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductidaeGray 1840
subfamilyBuxtoniinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeTolmatchoffiiniSarytcheva 1963
genusSpinifrons
speciesgrandicosta

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.

†Spinifrons grandicosta Hoover 1981
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Diagnosis
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