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Stenoscisma amoenum

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Stenoscisma amoenum was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152271a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM708q, Skinner Ranch Fm. (Decie Ranch Mb.), Hill 5021, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. crumena, S. gjelis, S. laevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Stenoscisma amoenum Cooper and Grant p. 2084 figs. Pl 554, figs 1-14

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
subfamilyStenoscismatinaeOehlert 1887
genusStenoscismaConrad 1839
speciesamoenum

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.

†Stenoscisma amoenum Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available