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Zygospira sulcata

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae

Taxonomy
Zygospira sulcata was named by Howe (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 145058, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Section 2. Bed 03. East-facing escarpment, Franklin Mountains, which is in an Edenian/Maysvillian carbonate dolomite in the Upham Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Z. carinata, Z. cincinnatiensis, Z. circularis, Z. plinthii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Zygospira sulcata Howe pp. 655 - 656 figs. P1. 81, figs. 9-12

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderAnazygidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyAnazygoideaDavidson 1883
familyAnazygidaeDavidson 1883
subfamilyAnazyginaeDavidson 1883
genusZygospira
speciessulcata

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.

†Zygospira sulcata Howe 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available