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Holcothyris acuminata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Taxonomy
Holcothyris acuminata was named by Buckman (1917). Its type specimen is GSI Type No. 11756 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pangwoleng, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Namyau Beds Formation of Myanmar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. hsenwiensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Holcothyris pinguis Buckman
1917Holcothyris acuminata Buckman p. 192 figs. Pl. 9, Fig. 8a-c
1917Holcothyris pinguis Buckman p. 195 figs. Pl. 11, Fig. 1-4
1917Holcothyris undulata Buckman p. 203 figs. Pl. 7, Fig. 8-10
1940Holcothyris acuminata Sahni p. 21 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 6-8, a-c; Pl. 4, Fig. 8-10, a-c; Text Fig. 18-19, a-c
1987Holcothyris acuminata Yang and Shi p. 38 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 8, 12-13; Text Fig. 6

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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
speciesacuminata

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 acuminata Buckman 1917
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Invalid names: Holcothyris pinguis Buckman 1917 [synonym], Holcothyris undulata Buckman 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available