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Arionthia blothrhachis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae

Taxonomy
Arionthia blothrhachis was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 153130c, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM706, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Arionthia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Arionthia blothrhachis Cooper and Grant p. 2751 figs. Pl 727, figs 1-30

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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
familyPennospiriferinidaeDagys 1972
subfamilyPunctospirellinaeDagys 1974
genusArionthia
speciesblothrhachis

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.

†Arionthia blothrhachis Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
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