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Argyrotheca peculiaris

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy
Argyrotheca peculiaris was named by Cooper (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 550449 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. 1245, Santa Maria del Rosario, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Cuba.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. neapolitana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Argyrotheca peculiaris Cooper p. 22 figs. Pl. 7, Fig. 26-30

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870
familyMegathyrididaeDall 1870
genusArgyrothecaDall 1900
speciespeculiaris

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.

†Argyrotheca peculiaris Cooper 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available