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Dielasma ambiense

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Dielasma ambiense was named by Reed (1944). Its type specimen is GSI 16953, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baral nala, SW of Amb, K31.461-470, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Dielasma ambiense Reed p. 154 figs. Pl 39, fig 10
1974Dielasma ambiense Termier et al. p. 141

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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
speciesambiense

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 ambiense Reed 1944
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Diagnosis
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