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Punctospirifer inflatus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Punctospirifer inflatus was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26960/1:2, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH297, Bed 15, Cerro Ampáy section 7, Abancáy, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone/shale in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Punctospirifer inflatus Chronic p. 104
1953Punctospirifer inflatus Chronic p. 99 figs. Pl 19, figs 20a-24b

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familyPunctospiriferidae
genusPunctospiriferNorth 1920
speciesinflatus

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.

†Punctospirifer inflatus Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
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