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Gypospirifer nelsoni

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Gypospirifer nelsoni was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 111919a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Gypospirifer.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. romanovskyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Gypospirifer nelsoni Cooper and Grant p. 2214 figs. Pl 591, figs 6-9

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusGypospirifer
speciesnelsoni

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.

†Gypospirifer nelsoni Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available