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Punctocyrtella spinosa

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Taxonomy
Punctocyrtella spinosa was named by Plodowski (1968) [Type at Instituts fur Palaontologie der Universitat Bonn]. Its type specimen is SMF 25002, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Dorf Nau-Bauri, Dacht-e-Nawar, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in Afghanistan. It is the type species of Punctocyrtella.

It was recombined as Licharewia spinosa by Termier et al. (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Punctocyrtella spinosa Plodowski p. 253 figs. Pl 1, fig 10
1970Punctocyrtella spinosa Plodowski p. 43 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-8
1973Punctocyrtella spinosa Grunt and Dmitriev p. 130 figs. Pl 10, fig 1; pl 15, fig 5; text-fig 35
1974Licharewia spinosa Termier et al. p. 100 figs. Pl 8, fig 9; pl 12, figs 1-3; text-figs 15a-c,16,17
1997Punctocyrtella spinosa Angiolini p. 396 figs. 15.1-15.3

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilySyringothyridoideaFrederiks 1926
familySyringothyrididaeFredericks 1926
subfamilyPermasyrinxinae
genusPunctocyrtellaFredericks 1924
speciesspinosa

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.

Punctocyrtella spinosa Plodowski 1968
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Diagnosis
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