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Liosotella opima

Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

Taxonomy
Productus opimus was named by Girty (1908) [Productus popei var. opimus]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2930 green, Pine Spring, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Wordian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Liosotella opima by Cooper and Grant (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Productus opimus Girty p. 258 figs. Pl 20, figs 12-14a
1909Productus opimus Girty
1975Liosotella opima Cooper and Grant p. 1109

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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
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
familyPaucispiniferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyPaucispiniferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribePaucispiniferiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusLiosotella
speciesopima()

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.

Liosotella opima Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
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