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Costicrura minuta

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Eudoxinidae

Taxonomy
Costicrura minuta was named by Hoover (1981). Its type specimen is USNM 221453, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Block B, mule trail between El Portachuelo and Mucuchachi, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal wackestone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Costicrura.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Costicrura minuta Hoover p. 97 figs. Pl 8, figs 39-44

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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
familyEudoxinidaeNalivkin 1979
genusCosticrura
speciesminuta

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.

†Costicrura minuta Hoover 1981
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Diagnosis
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