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Phrenophoria pinguis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Pugnax pinguis was named by Girty (1908). 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 Pugnoides pinguis by McKee (1938); it was recombined as Phrenophoria pinguis by Cooper and Grant (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Pugnax pinguis Girty p. 319 figs. Pl 21, figs 21-21c
1909Pugnax pinguis Girty
1938Pugnoides pinguis McKee p. 249 figs. Pl 47, figs 10-12
1976Phrenophoria pinguis Cooper and Grant p. 1966

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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
genusPhrenophoria
speciespinguis()

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.

Phrenophoria pinguis Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
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