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Ptychopleurella bouchardi

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae

Taxonomy
Orthis bouchardi was named by Davidson (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ptychopleurella.

It was recombined as Ptychopleurella bouchardi by Bassett and Cocks (1974), Jin and Chatterton (1997), Jin and Zhan (2008) and Rubel (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cymbella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Ptychopleurella bouchardi Bassett and Cocks
1997Ptychopleurella bouchardi Jin and Chatterton
2008Ptychopleurella bouchardi Jin and Zhan p. 13
2011Ptychopleurella bouchardi Rubel

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyHesperorthidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusPtychopleurellaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
speciesbouchardi(Davidson 1847)

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.

†Ptychopleurella bouchardi Davidson 1847
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Diagnosis
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