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Tautosia fastigiata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Tautosia fastigiata was named by Cooper and Grant (1969). Its type specimen is USNM 148345f, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Tautosia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Tautosia fastigiata Cooper and Grant p. 14 figs. Pl 4, figs 11-14
1976Tautosia fastigiata Cooper and Grant p. 1977 figs. Pl 524, figs 15-53; pl 525, fig 1

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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
genusTautosia
speciesfastigiata

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.

†Tautosia fastigiata Cooper and Grant 1969
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Diagnosis
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