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Composita depressa

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Composita depressa was named by Sun (1991). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mushirebuca, Yanhu area, Middle Mushirebuca Comuquia zone, Gegyai County, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Mushirebuca Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Composita depressa Sun p. 249 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-4; text-fig 6

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilySpirigerellinae
genusCompositaBrown 1849
speciesdepressa

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.

†Composita depressa Sun 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available