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Pteroplecta sulcata

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pteroplecta sulcata was named by Waterhouse (1983). Its type specimen is UQF 73638, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UQ L4807, Manang District, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Senja Formation of Nepal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Pteroplecta sulcata Waterhouse p. 132 figs. Pl 5, figs 8-18; pl 6, figs 1-4
2004Pteroplecta sulcata 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
superfamilyPaeckelmanelloideaIvanova 1972
familyStrophopleuridaeCarter 1974
subfamilyPterospiriferinae
genusPteroplecta
speciessulcata

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.

†Pteroplecta sulcata Waterhouse 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available