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Glyptorthis bellatula

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae

Taxonomy
Glyptorthis bellatula was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 110015a, a valve (pedicle valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Route 113 (Marion-Chatham Hill road), 6 miles north of Marion, Chatham Hill, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Chatham Hill Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Glyptorthis bellatula Cooper p. 364 figs. Plate 47, A, figures 1-8
2014Glyptorthis bellatula Wright and Stigall pp. Table S2

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyGlyptorthidae(Schuchert and Cooper 1931)
genusGlyptorthisFoerste 1914
speciesbellatula

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.

†Glyptorthis bellatula Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available