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Dissimiliplica compactus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer mexicanus compactus was named by Girty (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 118589, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2926 green, Capitan Peak, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Elivina compacta by Cooper and Grant (1976) and Cooper and Grant (1976); it was recombined as Dissimiliplica compactus by Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Spirifer mexicanus compactus Girty p. 361 figs. Pl 13, figs 7-9
1909Spirifer mexicanus compactus Girty
1976Elivina compacta Cooper and Grant
2004Dissimiliplica compactus Waterhouse

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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()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyElivininae
genusDissimiliplica
speciescompactus()

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.

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Diagnosis
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