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Dielasma shafterense

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Dielasma shafterense was named by King (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is University of Texas Tf, Chinati Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Cibolo Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Dielasma shafterense King p. 132 figs. Pl 44, fig 21
1976Dielasma shafterense Cooper and Grant p. 2887 figs. Pl 778, figs 24-28

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyDielasmatidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyDielasmatinaeSchuchert 1913
genusDielasmaKing 1856
speciesshafterense

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.

†Dielasma shafterense King 1931
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Diagnosis
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