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Plectelasma kingi

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Plectelasma kingi was named by Cooper and Grant (1969). Its type specimen is UNSM 153355b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM708e, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Plectelasma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Plectelasma kingi Cooper and Grant p. 17 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-6
1976Plectelasma kingi Cooper and Grant p. 2904 figs. Pl 755, figs 53-80; pl 778, figs 18-23

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyDielasmatidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyDielasmatinaeSchuchert 1913
genusPlectelasma
specieskingi

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.

†Plectelasma kingi Cooper and Grant 1969
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Diagnosis
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