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Cartorhium latum

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer (Neospirifer) latus was named by King (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 12504, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 123, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Spirifer mexicanus latus by King (1931); it was recombined as Cartorhium latum by Cooper and Grant (1976) and Cooper and Grant (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Spirifer (Neospirifer) latus King p. 116 figs. Pl 37, fig 7; pl 38, fig 1
1931Spirifer mexicanus latus King p. 116 figs. Pl 37, fig 7; pl 38, fig 1
1976Cartorhium latum Cooper and Grant p. 2195 figs. Pl 615, figs 1-33; pl 616, figs 1-23; pl 624, figs 1-10

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusCartorhium
specieslatum()

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.

Cartorhium latum King 1931
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Diagnosis
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