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Argyrotheca laevis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy
Argyrotheca laevis was named by Cooper (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 551506a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Giant Portland Cement Quarry, which is in a Priabonian carbonate limestone in the Tupelo Bay Formation of South Carolina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. neapolitana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Argyrotheca laevis Cooper p. 19 figs. Pl. 9, Fig. 45-50

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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
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870
familyMegathyrididaeDall 1870
genusArgyrothecaDall 1900
specieslaevis

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.

†Argyrotheca laevis Cooper 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available