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Alatorthotetina sichuanensis

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Alatorthotetina sichuanensis was named by He and Zhu (1985). Its type specimen is Inst. Mining Tech. of China 8110 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daijiagou Section, Longtan Member 2, Hechuan County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal horizon in the Longtan Formation of China. It is the type species of Alatorthotetina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. derbyiiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Alatorthotetina sichuanensis He and Zhu p. 200 figs. Pl 1, figs 10,11; pl 2, figs 1-6; pl 3, fig 19

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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
genusAlatorthotetina
speciessichuanensis

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.

†Alatorthotetina sichuanensis He and Zhu 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available