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Polymorpharia polymorpha

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Polymorpharia polymorpha was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 149449s, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM706, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Polymorpharia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Polymorpharia polymorpha Cooper and Grant p. 1145 figs. Pl 427, figs 1-25; pl 464, figs 27-29

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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
subfamilyInstitellinae
genusPolymorpharia
speciespolymorpha

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.

†Polymorpharia polymorpha Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available