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Glyptomena sculpturata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae

Taxonomy
Glyptomena sculpturata was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM II 78S6c and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1.2 miles S. 310 E. of Sharon Springs, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Chatham Hill Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Glyptomena.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Glyptomena sculpturata Cooper p. 885 figs. Plate 246, F, figures 16-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyGlyptomenidaeWilliams 1965
subfamilyGlyptomeninaeWilliams 1965
genusGlyptomenaCooper 1956
speciessculpturata

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.

†Glyptomena sculpturata Cooper 1956
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