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Rossithyris humpensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Laqueidae

Taxonomy
Rossithyris humpensis was named by Owen (1980). Its type specimen is BB. 76773 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D.533 (Humps Islet, James Ross Island), which is in a Campanian marine horizon in Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Rossithyris humpensis Owen p. 139 fig. 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
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyLaqueoideaThomson 1927
familyLaqueidaeThomson 1927
subfamilyParakingeninae
genusRossithyris
specieshumpensis

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.

†Rossithyris humpensis Owen 1980
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Diagnosis
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