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Rallacosta laminata

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Taxonomy
Rallacosta laminata was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152975g, a valve (Dorsal valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM708u, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Rallacosta laminata Cooper and Grant p. 2280 figs. Pl 648, figs 49-77

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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
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyMartiniidae
subfamilyEomartiniopsinaeCarter 1994
genusRallacosta
specieslaminata

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.

†Rallacosta laminata Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available