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Echinosteges guadalupensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Aulosteges guadalupensis was named by Shumard (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Strophalosia (Aulosteges) guadalupensis by Shumard (1859); it was recombined as Rhamnaria guadalupensis by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960); it was recombined as Echinosteges guadalupensis by Cooper and Grant (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Aulosteges guadalupensis Shumard p. 292
1859Strophalosia (Aulosteges) guadalupensis Shumard p. 390 figs. Pl 11, figs 5a,b
1908Aulosteges guadalupensis Girty p. 277 figs. Pl 20, figs 22,22a
1960Rhamnaria guadalupensis Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 120
1975Echinosteges guadalupensis Cooper and Grant p. 847

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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
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyEchinosteginae
genusEchinosteges
speciesguadalupensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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