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Hercothyris borroi

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Taxonomy
Hercothyris borroi was named by Cooper (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 549396a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. 1035, S of Majagua, which is in an Eocene carbonate limestone in Cuba. It is the type species of Hercothyris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Hercothyris borroi Cooper p. 26 figs. 2; Pl. 4, Fig. 50-55; Pl. 5, Fig. 33-44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
genusHercothyris
speciesborroi

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.

†Hercothyris borroi Cooper 1979
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Diagnosis
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