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Spinella talenti

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Adolfiidae

Taxonomy
Spinella talenti was named by Johnson (1970) [= Spirifera parryana Walcott, 1884, p. 137, Pl. 14, fig. 10; not Hall. = Spinella sp. Johnson, 1966b, Pl. 129, figs. 12-15.]. Its type specimen is USNM 146536 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 12775. West slope of Lone Mountain, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the McColley Canyon Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Spinella talenti Johnson pp. 205 - 207 figs. Pl. 64, figs. 10-16

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyAdolfioideaSartenaer 1966
familyAdolfiidaeSartenaer 1966
subfamilyAdolfiinaeSartenaer 1966
genusSpinellaTalent 1956
speciestalenti

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Spinella talenti Johnson 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. G. Johnson 1970Spinella with low, flat plications and an external ornament of fine radial lirae.