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Glyptoglossella cavellosa

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Glyptoglossa cavellosa was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 109273 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South side of U. S. Highway 30, 1 mile S. 70° W. of St. Thomas, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Chambersburg Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Glyptoglossella, Glyptoglossa.

It was recombined as Glyptoglossella cavellosa by Cooper (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Glyptoglossa cavellosa Cooper p. 227 figs. Plate 3, E, figures 13-20
1960Glyptoglossella cavellosa Cooper p. 601

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyGlossellinae
genusGlyptoglossella
speciescavellosa()

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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