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Composita hapsida

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Composita hapsida was named by Stehli and Grant (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 163582, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9257, Cerro el Volcancillo (FS-67-G-1), which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Chochal Formation of Guatemala.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Composita hapsida Stehli and Grant p. 33 figs. Pl 12, figs 22-43
2019Composita hapsida Torres-Martínez et al. p. 617 figs. 5j-p

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilySpirigerellinae
genusCompositaBrown 1849
specieshapsida

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.

†Composita hapsida Stehli and Grant 1970
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Diagnosis
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