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Spiriferellina hilli

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferina hilli was named by Girty (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 118605 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3763 green, Comanche Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Spiriferellina hilli by Cooper and Grant (1976) and Hoover (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. campestris, S. octoplicata, S. pandri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Spiriferina hilli Girty p. 379 figs. Pl 30, figs 15-15b
1909Spiriferina hilli Girty p. 379 figs. Pl 30, figs 15-15b
1938Spiriferina hilli McKee p. 254 figs. Pl 48, figs 4-6
1976Spiriferellina hilli Cooper and Grant p. 2703 figs. Pl 704, figs 18-25; pl 709, figs 18-71
1981Spiriferellina hilli Hoover p. 102 figs. Pl 8, figs 58-71; pl 9, figs 28, 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
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familySpiriferellinidaeIvanova 1972
genusSpiriferellina
specieshilli()

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.

†Spiriferellina hilli Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available