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Latispirifer amplissimus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Taxonomy
Latispirifer amplissimus was named by Archbold and Thomas (1985). Its type specimen is CPC 24296, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR KLB57, Mount Hardman, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Hardman Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Latispirifer amplissimus Archbold and Thomas p. 273 figs. 4A-H, 5A-F, 6A-G
2004Latispirifer amplissimus 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()
familySpiriferidae
subfamilySpiriferinae
genusLatispirifer
speciesamplissimus

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.

†Latispirifer amplissimus Archbold and Thomas 1985
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Diagnosis
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