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Alatorthotetina speciosa

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Orthothetina speciosa was named by Liao (1980). Its type specimen is NIGP 43409 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiaozishan Section Bed 7 (AJ-17-12), Anshun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siltstone/sandstone in China.

It was recombined as Alatorthotetina speciosa by Zeng et al. (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Orthothetina speciosa Liao p. 254 figs. Pl 1, figs 43-45
1995Alatorthotetina speciosa Zeng et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyMeekellidae
subfamilyMeekellinae
genusAlatorthotetina
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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available