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Wellerella hemiplicata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Wellerella hemiplicata was named by Cooper (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 115532 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM806h, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. cooperi, W. immatura

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Wellerella hemiplicata Cooper p. 50 figs. Pl 15, figs 41-63; pl 16, figs 1-8

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyWellerellinaeLicharew 1956
genusWellerella
specieshemiplicata

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.

†Wellerella hemiplicata Cooper 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available