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Dyscritothyris cubensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae

Taxonomy
Dyscritothyris cubensis was named by Cooper (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 550460a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. No. 840, ESE of Madruga, which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone in Cuba. It is the type species of Dyscritothyris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Dyscritothyris cubensis Cooper p. 16 fig. 1
1983Dyscritothyris cubensis Cooper p. 188 figs. Pl 61, figs 10-13
1997Dyscritothyris cubensis Sandy et al. p. 203 figs. 3-4

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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
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyCapillithyrididae
subfamilyAniabrochinaeMancenido 1993
genusDyscritothyris
speciescubensis

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.

†Dyscritothyris cubensis Cooper 1979
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Diagnosis
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