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Brachythyrina rectangula

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer rectangulus was named by Kutorga (1844). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Brachythyrina rectangulus by Waterhouse (1981); it was recombined as Brachythyrina rectangula by Glushenko (1975), Li and Gu (1980) and Tazawa et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Spirifer rectangulus Kutorga p. 90 figs. Pl 9, fig 5
1902Spirifer rectangulus Tschernyschew p. 158 figs. Pl 8, fig 1; pl 41, figs 1-5
1913Spirifer rectangulus Mansuy p. 67
1975Brachythyrina rectangula Glushenko figs. Pl 36, fig 7
1980Brachythyrina rectangula Li and Gu p. 488 figs. Pl 1, fig 16
1981Brachythyrina rectangulus Waterhouse p. 96 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-14; pl 22, figs 1-8; pl 23, fig 1
2022Brachythyrina rectangula Tazawa et al. p. 28 figs. 6E-G

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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()
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyAngiospiriferinaeLegrand-Blain 1985
genusBrachythyrinaFrederiks 1929
speciesrectangula(Kutorga 1844)

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.

Brachythyrina rectangula Kutorga 1844
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Invalid names: Spirifer trigonalis Martin 1809 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available