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Tetrarhynchia dumbletonensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella dumbletonensis was named by Davidson (1878). Its type specimen is BMNH B.12288 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dumbleton Hill (Marlstone Rock-bed), which is in a Spinatum carbonate limestone in the Marlstone Rock-bed Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Tetrarhynchia dumbletonensis by Ager (1956), Alméras and Fauré (2000) and Alméras et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Rhynchonella dumbletonensis Davidson p. 199 figs. Pl 29, fig 5
1956Tetrarhynchia dumbletonensis Ager p. 9 figs. Pl 2, figs 9a-c
2000Tetrarhynchia dumbletonensis Alméras and Fauré p. 142 figs. Pl 14, figs 15-17
2007Tetrarhynchia dumbletonensis Alméras et al. p. 71 figs. Pl 4, figs 5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusTetrarhynchia
speciesdumbletonensis(Davidson 1878)

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
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