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Holcothyris macra

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Taxonomy
Holcothyris macra was named by Buckman (1917). Its type specimen is GSI Type No. 11772 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Se-In, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Namyau Beds Formation of Myanmar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Holcothyris macra Buckman p. 198 figs. Pl. 11, Fig. 6-7
1918Holcothyris macra Buckman p. 198 figs. Pl. 11, Fig. 6-7
1940Holcothyris macra Sahni p. 8 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 8-11, a-c; Text Fig. 3-4a-c

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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
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
familyPostepithyrididae
genusHolcothyris
speciesmacra

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.

Holcothyris macra Buckman 1917
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Diagnosis
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