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Orthothetina elongata

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Orthothetina elongata was named by Nakamura (1972). Its type specimen is UHR 13567 and is a mold. Its type locality is Imo, Yahagi, Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, Nakamura loc, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Kanokura Formation of Japan.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Orthothetina elongata Nakamura p. 379 figs. Pl 1, figs 3-6; pl 2, fig 1
1992Orthothetina rara Shen et al. p. 176 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-10
2007Orthothetina elongata Shen and Shi p. 23 figs. Pl 7, figs 21-24

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyMeekellidae
subfamilyMeekellinae
genusOrthothetinaSchellwien 1900
specieselongata

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.

†Orthothetina elongata Nakamura 1972
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Invalid names: Orthothetina rara Shen et al. 1992 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available