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Terrakea dickinsi

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Taxonomy
Terrakea dickinsi was named by Dear (1971). Its type specimen is GSQ F11710 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSQ D21, Oaky Creek, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone in the Tiverton Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Terrakea dickinsi Dear p. 15 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-9
1983Terrakea dickinsi Waterhouse p. 157 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1986Terrakea dickinsi Waterhouse p. 50 figs. Pl 11, figs 28-32; pl 15, fig 14
1998Terrakea dickinsi Briggs p. 166 figs. 82A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyLinoproductidae
subfamilyPaucispinauriinae
genusTerrakeaBooker 1929
speciesdickinsi

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.

Terrakea dickinsi Dear 1971
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1983Moderately large incurved subelongate Terrakea with numerous ear spines and fine costellae