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Acrothele speciosa

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Taxonomy
Acrothele speciosa was named by Resser (1938). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 95023. Its type locality is Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Lakeview Formation of Idaho.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. colleni, A. parilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Acrothele speciosa Resser p. 5 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 6-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyAcrothelidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyAcrothelinaeWalcott and Schuchert 1908
genusAcrotheleLinnarsson 1876
speciesspeciosa

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.

†Acrothele speciosa Resser 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available