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Dielasma scitulum

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Dielasma scitulum was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26956/2:1, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH301, Bed 30, Rasuvilca Hills section 9, Pajege Canyon, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Dielasma scitulum Chronic p. 100
1953Dielasma scitulum Chronic p. 95 figs. Pl 18, figs 4a-9d

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyDielasmatidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyDielasmatinaeSchuchert 1913
genusDielasmaKing 1856
speciesscitulum

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.

†Dielasma scitulum Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available