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Phragmothyris cubensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy
Phragmothyris cubensis was named by Cooper (1955). Its type specimen is USNM 561504a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. 1640, Juan Criollo, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Cuba. It is the type species of Phragmothyris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Phragmothyris cubensis Cooper p. 67 figs. Pl. 15, H, Fig. 47-56

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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
genusPhragmothyris
speciescubensis

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.

†Phragmothyris cubensis Cooper 1955
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Diagnosis
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