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Acosarina baylorensis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy
Rhipidomella baylorensis was named by King (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 12648 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 503, Baylor Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Acosarina baylorensis by Cooper and Grant (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Rhipidomella baylorensis King p. 44 figs. Pl 1, figs 8-9
1976Acosarina baylorensis Cooper and Grant p. 2621 figs. Pl 672, figs 17-21

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyEnteletoideaWaagen 1884
familySchizophoriidaeSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
genusAcosarina
speciesbaylorensis()

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.

†Acosarina baylorensis King 1931
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Diagnosis
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